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Providing abortion -- >> none of the federal money goes there. >> people keep going on with this myth that they somehow provide cancer screenings. you can look at the "washington post," it did a fact check. what they do do is very simple, breast exams anyone can do in their shower. if they find something, they can provide a referral. 3% of breast exams result in a referral planned parenthood does not provide. theyre an abortion provider. predominantly provide sexual disease screenings and servic...

It we dont need grannie grannin iowa paying for std screenings in new york. >> excuse me, i dont know if you know the latest data but a lot of seniors have stds it just happens to be true. steve: picking on iowa. >> i want catastrophic. we all agree people who go to emergency rooms should have coverage. everybody agrees vaccines should be covered. everybody agrees hospitalization should be covered. >> what about drugs. >> essential drugs. >> have you listed the 10 essential benefits, mark. the o...

Raising a lot of eyebrows on sex in americas retirement homes. and not just sex but unsafe sex. the feds finding that seniors are not only doing it but getting sexually transmitted diseases at rates similar to 20 to 24-year-olds. in 2012 alone, 2.2 million medicare beneficiaries getting free std screenings. youve seen a lot of discussion about this. great to see you. >> its great to be here. and, you know, i have a practice in sarasota, florida, and also here in new york city. in my florida prac...

Passed by the dewey e -- duly elected value officials of our state. terry, should we mention -- also mention that this provision banning abortion at 20 weeks was not part of this lawsuit. so explain as we dissect here how much of a victory is this in the ruling? >> its a very, very small victory and it is a first step in trying to gain back womens access to health care. texas is a classic example, but this is going on all over the country. what texas did was to pass a whole sort of array of atta...

Not even slowly, aggressively trying to chip away at womens reproductive health at a time when planned parenthood is the only, in some cases, only place women have -- >> theres more than 7,000 -- >> child care or -- [inaudible conversations] >> yeah. theres more than 7,000 federally-qualified community and rural health centers across this country that women can go to for comprehensive whole woman care. women need more than what planned parenthood can provide, and taxpayer dollars should not be g...

Mike pence. his bill went nowhere, but that wasnt stopping blackburn. the measure would prevent the department of health and human services from allocating funds for family planning assistance. blackburn explained her mission to mike huckabee earlier this week. >> it is the right type of fight to have on so many different levels. we know that planned parenthood is basically big abortion business. >> really? of course, if you are a person who likes to deal in facts, you know that only 3% of plann...

Start the new year off right, by proposing to cut federal funding for planned parenthood. blackburn reintroduced legislation originally championed by former congressman mike pence. his bill went nowhere, but that wasnt stopping blackburn. the measure would prevent the department of health and human services from allocating funds for family planning assistance. blackburn explained her mission to mike huckabee earlier this week. >> it is the right type of fight to have on so many different levels....

Blackburn explained her mission to mike huckabee earlier this week. >> it is the right type of fight to have on so many different levels. we know that planned parenthood is basically big abortion business. >> really? of course, if you are a person who likes to deal in facts, you know that only 3% of planned parenthoods services are abortion services, and no, i say no federal money is used. as for the other 97%, those services include cancer screenings, std screenings, contraceptive services. and...

>> you have mitt romney saying he wants to, quote, get rid of, unquote, planned parenthood. he wants to get rid of planned parenthood that serves 3 million americans and gives them basic health care, prevention, with breast screenings, other kinds of cancer screenings, std screenings. ly tell you this. it hurts the american people, that type of policy. >> im joined tonight by ohio state senator nina turner. senator, good to have you with us tonight. in your words, what is happening in ohio? >> w...

Clock on womens health care. senator barbara boxer explains. >> you have mitt romney saying he wants to, quote, get rid of, unquote, planned parenthood. he wants to get rid of planned parenthood that serves 3 million americans and gives them basic health care, prevention, with breast screenings, other kinds of cancer screenings, std screenings. ly tell you this. it hurts the american people, that type of policy. >> im joined tonight by ohio state senator nina turner. senator, good to have you wi...