Christine Pelosi Attorney, author and Democratic activist :
Why should Todd Akin have go when Paul Ryan gets to stay?
Both Akin and Ryan support a bill to redefine rape as "forcible" rape (H.R. 3), a bill allowing hospitals to deny abortions even to protect the life of the mother (H.R. 356), Ryan's bill granting personhood to fertilized eggs (H.R. 212), and the Romney Republican platform for a Constitutional amendment banning abortion in ALL cases even rape, incest, and life of the mother.
Surely Missouri Republicans knew this when they nominated Todd Akin just as Mitt Romney knew this when he selected Paul Ryan. Before Akin's legitimate rape comment there was nary a peep of opposition to this radical right wing social engineering from Republicans, who are now yelling at Akin to go home.
Replacing Todd Akin won't replace his radical right wing policies any more that Romney's backpedaling changes Paul Ryan's record or Romney's Republican platform. Imagine being a rape victim who took a morning after pill or had an abortion seeking justice on a jury of Mitt Romneys Paul Ryans and Todd Akins. Millions of Americans look at the Romney Republican platform and wonder why it is that any men - especially these men - get to dictate women's health choices.