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Is going to pick up their phone Behind The Wheel today without even thinking about it . Dont do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are or good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone. And a test which is almost 100 accurate in telling mums to be whether the child theyre carrying has Downs Syndrome is being made available on the nhs from next year. This morning there are yet more warnings it could lead to an increase in the number of abort...

Anything they can do to keep this sort of political football of womens health. its really outrageous and when you consider that one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, the dreadful willingness to put women through an unnecessary invasive rape-like procedure is just astonishing. >> republican governor bob mcdonnell will support the legislation and will sign it. but what is happening in virginia clearly is a broader attack of what is happening on womens health. heres rick santoru...

>> ive enjoyed it. good to be with you. >> joining me now are msnbc political analysts steve schmidt, former senior adviser to john mccains 2008 presidential campaign, and a senior strategy in the bush/cheney 2004 campaign, and our other steve, steve kornacki, political columnist for salon.com. steve schmidt, youve got a republican front-runner now whos talking about amniocentesis. this is not something anybody would advise any candidate to get into. >> no, its crazy talk, lawrence. and i tell y...

That mistake for the rest of your life. really! >> that was "saturday night lives" take on the new republican obsession with contraception. joining me now is gail collins, "new york times" columnist, and the author of the new book "william henry harrison" the latest in the american presidents series. gail, i want to listen to what rick santorum said yesterday, defending his comments on prenatal testing. this is what he said on "face the nation." lets listen to that. >> but, senator, do you not w...

Its really outrageous and when you consider that one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, the dreadful willingness to put women through an unnecessary invasive rape-like procedure is just astonishing. >> republican governor bob mcdonnell will support the legislation and will sign it. but what is happening in virginia clearly is a broader attack of what is happening on womens health. heres rick santorum what he had to say about pre hn natal testing. and the affordable health care...

People have the right to do it, but to have the government force people to provide it, free, just has -- to me, has -- is a bit loaded. there are all sorts of prenatal testing which should be provided free. i have no problem with that. if the insurance companies want to. im not for any of these things to be forced. let me just step back and say, i dont believe any of these procedures, anything in insurance should be forced. >> gail, bob schieffer is the master of subtext. he was doing everything...

>> that was "saturday night lives" take on the new republican obsession with contraception. joining me now is gail collins, "new york times" columnist, and the author of the new book "william henry harrison" the latest in the american presidents series. gail, i want to listen to what rick santorum said yesterday, defending his comments on prenatal testing. this is what he said on "face the nation." lets listen to that. >> but, senator, do you not want any kind of prenatal testing? i mean, would ...

There are all sorts of prenatal testing which should be provided free. i have no problem with that. if the insurance companies want to. im not for any of these things to be forced. let me just step back and say, i dont believe any of these procedures, anything in insurance should be forced. >> gail, bob schieffer is the master of subtext. he was doing everything but saying, are you kidding me?! here he is with all this experience in washington, he cant believe a presidential campaign has come to...

Because it saves money in health care. why? because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society. >> attorney general dewine, would you advise where are candidate to stop talking about amniocentesis, which has become a standard and important prenatal procedure? >> well, hes talking about a lot of different things. hes talking about jobs. i was in steubenville today -- >> well, yeah -- >> -- h...

Seeing in ohio, at least, is in regard to rick santorum. it was fairly easy after that, for me. ive known rick for a long time. ive worked with him in the united states senate. i have a great deal of respect for him. i think he is resonating in ohio because people look at him and say hes real, hes telling them what he thinks, whether you agree or disagree. hes saying what he thinks. hes saying what he thinks. and thats going very, very well. look, bottom line, i think he has -- i think hell be a...