5 Things You Need To Know About Paul Ryan's Stance On Women's Issues

5 Things Every Woman Should Know About Paul Ryan
FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Republican Vice Presidential candidate, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions in reaction to President Obama's speech on a federal spending plan, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Paul Ryan traveled a perilous route to political stardom. While other lawmakers nervously whistled past trillion-dollar deficits, fearing to cut popular programs, he waded in with a machete and a smile. Ryan wants to slice away at Medicare, Social Security, food stamps and virtually every other government program but the military. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this April 13, 2011 file photo, Republican Vice Presidential candidate, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions in reaction to President Obama's speech on a federal spending plan, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Paul Ryan traveled a perilous route to political stardom. While other lawmakers nervously whistled past trillion-dollar deficits, fearing to cut popular programs, he waded in with a machete and a smile. Ryan wants to slice away at Medicare, Social Security, food stamps and virtually every other government program but the military. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

1. He supports the "Sanctity of Human Life Act."

Ryan was among the 62 representatives sponsoring the bill, introduced in January of last year and declaring that "life begins with fertilization." The bill defines life as beginning at conception and give states the right to ban all abortions*, including in instances of rape and incest.

2. He wants to cut funding for Medicaid, which covers millions of low-income women, and to shift control over the money from the federal government to the states.

This would hit some family planning services hard: Planned Parenthood says that half of all visits to their clinics are paid for by Medicaid, while one in ten relies on the program for healthcare.

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