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>> we will remember in november! women will remember in november! >> women will remember in november! they are outside of the chamber at this point but inside the chamber they could be heard loufd and clear. that's what one side of the battle looks like with democrats. on the republican side it is the republican party and the conservative movement locked in their passionate embrace. lawmakers on the republican side susceptible to the same high-bound, old school republican social conservative politics they have always been subjected to. after three years of being told the new face of republican...

When representatives stevens' daughter was five months pregnant, doctors informed the family of horrible news. part of her baby's brain was developing outside of the skull. the baby's heart was also inverted. the heart was upside down. if the pregnancy were carried to term, mr. stephens said his daughter was told the baby would take at most one or two breaths. he said, quote she would have watched it die. because the fatal defect was detected by the doctors she was given the option of having an abortion. a bill was introduced a bill that would have banned abortion at 20 weeks, ask just before ...

Abortion ban because of his experience with this issue. he walked out during the role call rather than vote for this ban that would have taken away his own daughter's ability to have decided in her case and would have had the state government to force his daughter to go through nine months of pregnancy and the birth of the child that they knew would die immediately upon birth. mr. stephens talked to the savannah morning news about his decision not to vote for the bill. he said quote, for something this cruel to happen to my daughter or anyone's daughter is inhuman. i consider myself pro- life ...

Medically futile pregnancy. like his daughter's case with a fatal defect was discovered. once that was added to the law in the senate, stephens decide he could vote for it. he is a pro-life republican and he voted for the final bill once it got that exemption added it to. because of his initial reservations, based on what happened to his daughter, representative stephens is now denounced as a republican in name only as a rhino. he's been promised he's going to get a republican primary challenger from a group calling itself peach tea party. mr. stephens is one of 17 lawmakers targeted by the te...

Less competitive in general election contests? i'm thinking of suburban atlanta where that representative i was talking about is where. other areas of the state which may not be pure red from which these republican representatives are coming from. is that litmus test hurting them or has it not yet done that? >> i don't believe it will hurt them. redistricting is making sure those districts are, the red districts are very red. so, i don't think it is going to hurt them. i also don't believe, however, that the peach tea party will be successful in its efforts to oust these people. i think there'...