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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 they're going to buy a policy that has abortion coverage or not? because right now, you can not make that determination. >> sir, i don't know. i, i know exactly the issue you're talking about. i will check and make sure that is clearly identifiable. >> here's our request. can you provide for the committee the list of insurers in the federal exchange who do not offer as part of their package abortion coverage? >> i think we can do that, sir...

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 couldn't possibly use, let's 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 don't think we realized even though of us who didn't read all 2700 pages but have a good understanding what is in there, we didn't realize the economic effect o...

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 they're 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 doesn't 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 exercise of religion, rejecting the department of justice's position that ought to be very limited. ...

Hard right. as a result of these laws that criminalize doctors and liken abortion to murder, people feel as if they're defending fetuses and people feel they're 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 abortion coverage for state employees, cut budget for family planning, expand religious exemption...