Politico.com on Personhood USA, Romney, and Akin

—ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS URGE ROMNEY-RYAN TO STAND UP FOR AKIN – From the department of suggestions that are unlikely to be heeded, Personhood USA put out a statement yesterday asking Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to reverse their call for Todd Akin to drop his Missouri Senate bid. The groups also asked the ticket to give its full support for the Republican Party’s platform, which opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest. “In calling for Congressman Akin’s exit of the Senate race, Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan are throwing a pro-life Congressman under the bus over a blunder, and it seems they are doing so because they disagree with his no exceptions position on abortion — a position that is an integral part of the Republican Party platform,” Jennifer Mason, a spokeswoman for Personhood USA, said in a statement.

—GETTING PERSONAL — Another Personhood USA spokeswoman, Rebecca Kiessling, who is identified as having been “conceived in rape” in the statement, called Akin’s comments a “faux pas,” and said she was alive because of politicians and activists who share Akin’s beliefs. The Personhood USA statement: http://bit.ly/PGPYz3

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