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summerschild

(725 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 01:53 PM Oct 2012

Joe did a great job but I wish he had pointed out Ryan cosponsored a "personhood" bill.

This is far, far more radical than many realize. It would not only ban but criminalize abortion and some contraceptives, even in cases of rape, incest, life of the mother - - it would open the door to putting women in jail/on trial when they suffer a miscarriage, forcing them to "prove" it wasn't murder.

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