The pro-choice group NARAL called the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket “a serious threat” for women. From NARAL President Nancy Keenan:
“Rep. Paul Ryan’s extreme anti-choice record shows just how serious a threat Mitt Romney’s presidency would be for women. He has cast 59 votes on reproductive rights while in Congress and not one has been pro-choice. Rep. Ryan has also repeatedly voted to defund family-planning programs and supported the ‘Let Women Die Bill,’ which would allow hospitals to refuse to provide a woman emergency, lifesaving abortion care, even if she could die without it. It comes as no surprise that Romney would choose a like-minded running mate who is just as out of touch with our nation’s values and priorities as he is. The Romney-Ryan ticket is dangerous to women’s health.”
The Obama campaign recently returned to its focus on women, and the NARAL annoucement suggests that push won’t come to an end after Ryan’s selection.
