The Republican Party has some crazy ideas about women's health and health care in general.
And I don't just say that as a Democrat -- I say that as a physician.
Among the most disturbing things we've heard yet from a Republican official: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." That kind of junk science from Republicans like Todd Akin isn't just insulting, it's medically false.
The Republican Party has many more candidates like Todd Akin in races across the country.
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When you compare someone like Michele Bachmann's or Todd Akin's voting record to that of Paul Ryan, you see that these candidates are in lockstep with one another. Akin is an example of the extremism in Washington over the last two years that has worked overtime to block the President's agenda.
Look at the platform that the GOP just passed under the guidance of the Romney campaign. It supports banning all abortions, even in the case of rape or incest. It's one of the most extreme we've ever seen.
But the extreme Republican agenda isn't just limited to women's health issues. Their platform calls for ending Medicare as we know it, turning it into a voucher program. And an amendment that would actually change the Constitution to include discrimination against same-sex couples.
We have to stand up to this extreme ideological agenda, and we need your help to do it.
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Gov. Howard Dean
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