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Views,. >> here we go. >> can you commit to us to make sure that the federal exchanges that offer that is clearly identified and so people can understand if theyre going to buy a policy that has abortion coverage or not? because right now, you can not make that determination. >> sir, i dont know. i, i know exactly the issue youre talking about. i will check and make sure that is clearly identifiable. >> heres our request. can you provide for the committee the list of insurers in the federal exch...

Year. if they decide, i think a lot of companies will look for ways to sort of pass that cost onto the employee from obamacare? >> one of the reasons this is so expensive because obamacare has a one-size-fits-all. so a human being who couldnt possibly use, lets say abortion coverage is still paying for it in his or her insurance policy. you can not taylor an insurance policy to your own particular needs. we knew that was coming but i dont think we realized even though of us who didnt read all 27...

The less we like it. >> reporter: multi-state plans may not offer abortion coverage in any state where such coverage is prohibited by state law. since the affordable care act passed, 18 states have done just that, enacting bans on abortion coverage in their exchanges. lawmakers in a number of states are considering similar legislation, saying theyre working to ensure that something the administration says could never happen, never does.

I have that right? >> in part. in fact the mandate requires liberty university and other organizations, religious as well as secular to provide abortion coverage, or abortion inducing drugs. liberty university doesnt do that now and that is a line that we cannot and will not cross. that is the collision that is coming in 2013. i think the supreme court shows an interest by the fact that they allowed this to continue. in the last term the supreme court issued a 9-0 decision in favor of the free e...

Hard right. as a result of these laws that criminalize doctors and liken abortion to murder, people feel as if theyre defending fetuses and people feel theyre heroes when they do something like light a clinic in atlanta on fire. i think we need to change the conversation and let people know this is not heroic, this is terrorism. >> now, loretta, how do you go continue to stand on the front line. where do you go from here. in georgia you have bills that want to ban abortion after 20 weeks, ban on...

Two bills that would limit womens access to contraception and abortion. there they are walking out of the chamber. employees of the religious institutions have no right to demand their insurance company pay for contraception as the federal health care law would require. and the other, the one that prompted the walkout, bans abortion coverage. so their example of efforts in both the state and national level put burdens on women seeking health care. its dominating politics in a time when many cons...

Pay for contraception as the federal health care law would require. and the other, the one that prompted the walkout, bans abortion coverage. both the state and national level put burdens on women seeking health care. its dominating politics in a time when many consider these issues settled. state senator gail davenport, i think i saw you leaving there senator, who walked out yesterday. and jennifer donahue is quite smart on all issues. shes with the "huffington post. senator davenport, take you...

Prompted the walk, bans abortion coverage. so their example of efforts in both the state and national level put burdens on women seeking health care. its dominating politics in a time when many consider these issues settled. state senator gail davenport, i think i saw you leaving yesterday. and jennifer donnahue is with "the huffington post." shes a contributor. senator davenport, take your time because this keeps battling back. why did you walk out of the senate chamber to which you have been e...

In todays republican party and republican presidential politics, being antiabortion is orthodoxy. its a given. for ron paul being antiabortion is the one real exception to his small government ideological purism. being against abortion is the one and only thing these two mitt romney alternatives agree on. on every other policy issue of substance, rick santorum and ron paul are total opposites. they are oil and water. black and white. carbohydrate and fat. rick santorum believes it is the proper ...

Politics, being antiabortion is orthodoxy. its a given. for ron paul being antiabortion is the one real exception to his small government ideological purism. being against abortion is the one and only thing these two mitt romney alternatives agree on. on every other poll issy issue of substance, rick santorum and ron paul are total opposites. they are oil and water. black and white. carbohydrate and fat. rick santorum believes it is the proper role of government to determine the purpose for and ...