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Republican members of congress now, if given the leeway to act by the united states supreme court, they would seek a nationwide abortion ban. we're starting to see republicans and states around the country and drop their previous taboo is around this issue. they used to say, if a woman was raped, while the government would enforce a rape victim to bear the child of her rapist, when they? we'll have an exception for rape. there are starting to drop rape exceptions, they're starting to drop incest exceptions, that even starting to talk about dropping exceptions to save the life of the mother, if...

Rape. there are starting to drop rape exceptions, they're starting to drop incest exceptions, that even starting to talk about dropping exceptions to save the life of the mother, if those are dropped, which of course republicans are talking about in some states. that's a situation in which a woman, if there is no exception to protect the life or health of the mother, that's a situation which the government would be forcing a woman to give birth even if it kills her. again, this is a surprise both in style, but also in substance, in terms of how blood this is. my friend ali illiterate, joins us...

>> some of these people will never learn. they lost in mississippi. they lost in colorado. they lost with todd akin. they lost with richard mourdock. they want to talk with a complete lack of compassion for women who have been victims of sexual violence. at this point the rape exceptions that we do have which insurance coverage under federal medical plans for abortion are so narrow, even lots of people who are victims of rape do not actually benefit under them. and they want to strip that away. it shows what absolute lack of compassion they have for the realities of women's lives. >> and angel...

Register voters. now since these are, as far as i can tell, the only public employees for whom he's expressed sympathy, that can't be the reason they are doing this. and i just think that -- i hope this is a passing thing and that there are other forces in the republican party saying, no, we need a more fundamental rethink. they only need to shift about four votes in a hundred. you'd think they would have the confidence to win a fair election by converting just four people out of every 100 people. >> we have seen a new normal or maybe a new attempt at a center in republican politics on a bunch...

R register voters. now since these are, as far as i can tell, the only public employees for whom he's expressed sympathy, that can't be the reason they are doing this. and i just think that -- i hope this is a passing thing and that there are other forces in the republican party saying, no, we need a more fundamental rethink. they only need to shift about four votes in a hundred. you'd think they would have the confidence to win a fair election by converting just four people out of every 100 people. >> we have seen a new normal or maybe a new attempt at a center in republican politics on a bun...