Paul Ryan Loves Women

As long as they are very rich blondes who have family money and do not have their own opinions.  Other than that, not so much!   

Paul Ryan (R Wall St.)'s good friend, Todd Akin gave an interview recently where he showed off his incredible medical knowledge...


Yeap He rally said that!

“People always try to make that one of those things, ‘Oh, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question,” Akin said. “It seems to me, first of all, what I understand from doctors is that’s really where—if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Wait how do we know Akin is good friends with our very own Paul Ryan? They co sponsored a bill together - “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” (Edit note: of course its already illegal for taxpayer money to be used to fund abortions but that is another post). yes if that bill rings a bell, it is because paul ryan helped redefine abortion as you needed to be "forcibly raped" to consider having been raped.

Under H.R. 3, only victims of “forcible rape” would qualify for federally funded abortions. Victims of statutory rape—say, a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 30-year-old man—would be on their own. So would victims of incest if they’re over 18. And while “forcible rape” isn’t defined in the criminal code, the addition of the adjective seems certain to exclude acts of rape that don’t involve overt violence—say, cases where a woman is drugged or has a limited mental capacity. “It’s basically putting more restrictions on what was defined historically as rape,” says Keenan.

So for those of you scoring at home:

If your a woman in 2012 America under Paul ryan (R - Ayn Rand), you can have access to needed health care services, as long as your rape was legit imate, and you were forcibly raped. Any other kind of rape and your on your own. Of course that is AFTER you have a transvaginal ultrasound forced upon you.

Lets hear it for the small government conservatives!!

Texas Here We Come...

We talked recently about if the far right gets their way, we can be more like Indiana. Now that the recall election is over, the far right thinks Indiana is too tame. Texas here we come!!

 From Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal:

Wisconsin Right to Life, which scored major victories last session thanks to Walker and the Republican-dominated Legislature, plans to push a series of anti-abortion rights measures that are almost certain to draw opposition from many Democrats.

Among their priorities are requiring doctors to conduct ultrasounds on women seeking abortions and make them available for patients to see; banning all abortions after 20 weeks' gestation, as six states do; banning abortion coverage in public workers' health insurance plans; and prohibiting gender-selection as a basis for abortion, said Susan Armacost, legislative political-action committee director for Wisconsin Right to Life.

Yes that has worked so well in Texas:

If learning that her son was sick was the single worst moment in Jones’ life, what followed just magnified the horror. Texas is one of seven states — along with Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi — that requires ultrasound prior to abortion. In July, Virginia will become the eighth.

When she arrived at Planned Parenthood, the doctor who was to perform the abortion first performed an ultrasound, as ordered by law — despite the fact that it was Jones’ third ultrasound of the day. He also had to describe in detail her baby’s anatomy. “It felt barbaric to have to listen to a description of a baby I had so badly wanted,” says Jones, who is 35. “I could barely breathe.”

Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath, pledging to do no harm. Yet it’s tough to argue that forcing Jones to look at and listen to the description of a baby she would never rock or cuddle didn’t cause her psychological harm. The doctor must have known this; he apologized to Jones and tried to minimize her distress. “I am so sorry,” she says he told her, “but if I don’t do this, I could lose my license.” He did his best to make the ordeal easier. He spoke softly. The nurse turned up the radio. But still Jones heard him

Read the full account of her story here! Nothing says smaller limited government more than Robin Vos passing a bill forcing transvaginal ultrasounds upon women who make the very personal and private decision to terminate a pregnancy.