Ryan: Women’s Health Exception Rendered Abortion Ban ‘Virtually Meaningless’

Ryan: Women’s Health Exception Rendered Abortion Ban ‘Virtually Meaningless’: pRep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) opposed an exception to a so-called “partial birth abortion” ban when the procedure was necessary to save the mother’s life, according to a 2000 floor speech on the issue. Claiming the women’s health exception included in the bill was “wide enough to drive a mack truck through,” Ryan argued uncompromisingly for [...]/p