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I thought hed appreciate the update on how politics is going. before mike pence became governor of indiana, he spent years in congress trying to pass amendments defunding planned parenthood at the federal level. he was unsuccessful in doing so. he never passed any legislation of any kind for the 12 years he was in congress. by the time he made it to the executive branch of our state he was able to follow through on the long-nursed ambitions. then-governor mike pence cut state funding for planned...

Provider, she was someone who worked there, because so few people would say, i was in the planned parenthood. even if they were there for a mammogram or prescription refill. there is such stigma that, in fact, even being willing to say i have crossed the threshold. that seems to be part of this problem. >> absolutely. i think reducing stigma, all sorts of things, including abortion, including just our own sexuality, the kind of shaming that happens. i think the continuum were seeing around this ...

Recent decision in the hobby lobby case. udall has been focusing on the issue since the early days of this campaign. now new polling just out today shows gardner trailing udall by seven points overall in colorado and by 12 points among women voters. so just like for president obama in 2012, women right now are making the difference for mark udall and they could make the difference for other democrats in other critical senate races this year, too. now in light of that, democrats are upping the an...

We showed that map to kind of show how these t.r.a.p. laws are having effects in the deep south and all of a sudden, ohio. why? >> well, because we elect the the same kind of people in 2010 that were elected in some of those southern states. they didnt run on those issues. they ran on saying they were going to bring jobs back but they have slowly but surely, sometimes through administration actions. head of ohio right to life was put by governor john kasich on the medical bothered. now you have ...

Of a change that could reportedly cost 12,000 children to lose their afterschool care. and of course, house and senate worked together last session to push through bills that have proven controversial like last years trap laws, limiting womens access to reproductive services were tacked on to a bill about motorcycle safety and the quote, popular voter id law as the governors office described house bill 582349 a press release. critics have given it a different name. the monster law. it was passed...

Period. in some states, they want to make it almost three days that makes it a very difficult process for a woman who access this health care. >> also this way of erecting a whole layered set of obstacles, right, off waiting period and mandatory conversations with the doctor and then you have trap laws and -- >> exactly. and the more that happens, whats really interesting to me, is the more support for abortion rights increases in this country. these absolutely outrageous attacks, the trap laws,...

Toward something that doesnt really look like a constitutionally guaranteed right but instead to kind of a federally, you know -- a federalist decision by the states about whether they will allow it or not. >> well theres no question that states across the country, especially in the south and midwest, have passed very detailed restrictions that have made access in some areas almost impossible. this so-called trap laws that targeted regulation of abortion providers, requiring doctors to have admi...

Not just as a lawyer, but as a woman and as a citizen. but through the work of organizations on the ground such as the new orleans abortion fund, the students for reproductive justice, the med students for choice, the legislative agenda for women, and then louisiana women have also reached out to national organizations like the center for reproductive rights, the national womens law center, the national partnership for women and families. and if people would like to submit public comments, they ...

Million women in texas. trap laws, framed as making it more safe for women really just defacto end your constitutional right to abortion. >> terry, its interesting. mentioning wendy davis, as zerlina just did. one of the other issues that republicans have is not just policy but tone. whether or not people agree with the idea of abortion being legal, the idea that shes being called abortion barby, the way she is talked to and talked about by republicans, is an issue. how does that strike you, lea...

The attacks on wendy davis are clearly misysogenistic and i thk that will back fire against the republicans. its happening in texas. yes, you have tens of millions of women who are affected by these trap laws, anti-abortion laws. you have hundreds of thousands of women who have been mobilized by this outrageous attack on womens access to basic health care. and whats happening is that the more -- this is really interesting, i think. the more the republicans go after birth control, right, which th...