The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape
Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have included exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. (Another exemption covers pregnancies that could endanger the life of the woman.) But the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,"a bill with 173 mostly Republican co-sponsors ... Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie - via Siva Vaidhyanathan, David Corn, Peter Daou, Mother Jones, Memeorandum, Seth Roberts Farber (t), barbara trummpinski-roberts (t), David K. Miller (t), Malorie Jae Lucich (t), Ron Steffens (t)
