Thread by @mh4oh

🧵Here's a fact check: Tim Ryan spent YEARS in Congress voting against a woman's right to choose and advocating for "pro-life" positions.

Here's a not-so-short timeline of Congressman Tim Ryan's career as an anti-abortion member of Congress (with receipts):

2002: Ryan first ran for Congress as an opponent of abortion rights.

cleveland.com/open/2015/01/r…

2003: Ryan voted twice for the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act," which became law and which contains no exception for a woman's health.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2003242

2003: Ryan voted to ban therapeutic cloning, which researchers believed could have been used to create treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, diabetes, and other debilitating diseases. Anti-choice activists objected to the practice because of the destruction of human embryos.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/200339

2003: Ryan scored a 10% on the NARAL scorecard.

justfacts.votesmart.org/interest-group…

2003: Ryan voted to continue a ban on military personnel and their dependents from obtaining abortions at overseas military hospitals, even using their own funds.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2003215

2004: Ryan scored a 35% on the NARAL scorecard.

justfacts.votesmart.org/interest-group…

2004: Ryan voted for the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act," which opponents viewed as an effort to undermine Roe v. Wade.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/200431

2004: Ryan again voted to continue the ban on military personnel and their dependents from obtaining abortions at overseas military hospitals, even using their own funds.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2004197

2005: Ryan scored a 15% on the NARAL scorecard.

justfacts.votesmart.org/interest-group…

2005: Ryan, for a third time, voted to continue the ban on military personnel and their dependents from obtaining abortions at overseas military hospitals, even using their own funds.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2005216

2005: Ryan voted for the "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act," which would have created a national parental notification law.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2005144

2006: Ryan voted for the "Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act," which would have forced doctors to inform women seeking abortions that their fetuses could feel pain.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2006526

2006: Ryan, for a fourth time, voted to continue the ban on military personnel and their dependents from obtaining abortions at overseas military hospitals, even using their own funds.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2006136

2006: Ryan scored 0% on the NARAL scorecard.

2009: Ryan published an op-ed for US News defending his "pro-life" credentials, standing by his anti-choice votes, and stating that healthcare reform should not allow funding for abortions.

usnews.com/news/blogs/god…

2009: Ryan published a letter to the editor in the Vindicator defending his "pro-life" credentials.

web.archive.org/web/2019072811…

2009: Ryan voted for Stupak Amendment, which blocked funding for abortions.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2009884

2009: Ryan scored a 50% on the NARAL scorecard.

justfacts.votesmart.org/interest-group…

Until 2009: Ryan served on the board of "Democrats for Life."

cleveland.com/open/2015/01/r…

2015: Ryan announced his change in position on abortion rights.

beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/…

Tim Ryan cannot be trusted to stand up for women or to protect our rights. He's an opportunist, period. Ohio's women deserve better. I will never waver when it comes to protecting abortion rights, and I will always be a champion for our reproductive health and freedom.