when women have control over their fertility and decide when to start their families, they stay in the workforce longer, their families are stronger, they make more money and raise stronger kids. so i think we're learning to talk about this better. and i also think we're closing what's kind of been a racial and glass gap around these issues by making clear the ways in which these policies affect everyone and that poor women will be hurt the worst. >> what about the vice presidential candidate paul ryan? i mean, the budget that he has presented, i mean, the fact that mitt romney chose him to be a running mate took the scab off a budget that was very detrimental to women in this country. in a sense that did a women a favor to get the issues out. >> really, really rips the mask off of what's going on in the republican party. the romney/ryan budget drafted by paul ryan, it decimates