He believes ending a pregnancy should be illegal even when it results from rape or incest, or endangers a woman's health. He was a cosponsor of the Sanctity of Human Life Act, a federal bill defining fertilized eggs as human beings, which, if passed, would criminalize some forms of birth control and in vitro fertilization.Ah, yes. Personhood. That strange and misguided and just plain wrong belief that a fertilized egg is the same thing as a person—an idea so stupid that it has been rejected by voters every time the fetus worshippers have forced them to show up to the polls to say, again, "We are not actually that stupid."
Paul Ryan, however, is one of those few people who is that stupid, which is, obviously, part of the appeal for Romney. Because those people don't believe Romney is really one of them. As Keith Mason, president of Personhood USA, said in May:
At the end of the day, I don't believe he is pro-life. I guess I could be blunt; I could go through a list.
rest at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/13/1119606/-Paul-Ryan-wants-to-take-away-your-lady-rights-and-give-them-to-eggs
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