Maddowblog: Paul Ryan is not a foot soldier in the GOP WAR ON WOMEN. Paul Ryan is a GENERAL.

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Maddowblog on Akin and Ryan:

And then there's the legislative problem. Remember the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act"?In
January 2011, one of the very first bills pushed by House Republicans,
launched almost immediately after they took the majority, was something
called the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act." While existing law
already restricts public funding for abortions, the law makes exceptions
for impregnated rape victims -- and GOP lawmakers decided it was time to limit what can legally be considered "rape."

Specifically,

Republican proponents said the exception would only apply to "forcible"
rape. If the law had passed, for example, a 13-year-old girl who was
impregnated by a 24-year-old man would not be able to use Medicaid funds
to terminate the pregnancy, unless she could prove she'd been
"forcibly" raped.

The idea that Republicans would try to redefine rape became so controversial that the effort was quietly scuttled. But who were among the original cosponsors of the legislation? Todd Akin and his good pal, Paul Ryan.

Two peas in a pod. This is bigger than Akin or should be. This should be about Ryan too. The whole republican party really. War on women just keeps coming back no matter how hard Rs say it's not true.

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