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Ultrasound image. now, the ultrasound technician would be required to describe the image to the patient and force her to listen to the fetal heartbeat. here's how the bill's sponsor, state senator jim tracy, explains his motivation. "my wife had three babies and i've had the opportunity to see three ultrasounds. it's pretty amazing to see the ultrasounds." yet the bill doesn't make any exceptions for victims of rape or incest and perhaps the most extreme out of touch bunch in america you'll find in iowa, where republicans have introduced a bill there that would define abortion as murder. as th...

The gop has resumed its war on women with republicans in michigan plotting the next battle. on tuesday republicans introduced a bill requiring all women to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound before having an abortion. now, you may recall similar measures were introduced last year in virginia, but republicans backed off after serious pushback by a number of groups p tonight republicans in michigan seem to find themselves in a very similar predicament. house speaker jace bulger now says he has absolutely no interest in forcing a woman to have a transvaginal ultrasound. bulger vowed his chamber wo...

That was well promised in health care reform-s that low-income americans will be able to have access to good-quality health care. and of course with women it's essential that they get access to good-quality reproductive health care. so it's -- i want to say criminal that they're being excluded. >> what do you make of iowa? this is as aggressive as it's ever been. your thoughts. >> well, i think what's happening in iowa isn't good. but what people have to understand, and this goes to martha's point, is that there are so many of these restrictions on access to abortion that are flying under the ...

Doctor who performs an abortion. it also grants no exceptions for rape, insist, or to protect the life of the mother. so here we go again. i'm joined tonight by terry o'neil, president of the national organization for women. also with us tonight is nancy northup, who is the president for the center for reproductive rights. and actress martha plimpton joins us this evening. martha joins us from the set of her tv series "raising hope," which airs tuesdays on fox. great to have all of you with us tonight. terry, isn't this just more evidence, i mean, the republican party's been talking about rebr...

Them. but we must agree on every single american's right to live their life as they see fit and to experience physical autonomy. and one of the ways that we can do that is by ensuring that women have the right to access abortion and other reproductive health care services and also recognizing that women deserve and have the right to speak out about being protected in their homes and their workplaces and et cetera with the violence against women act. >> martha plimpton, thank you for your time tonight. nancy northup and terry o'neill. always great to have you with us tonight on "the ed show." t...