points in a very tight race. the most impressive poll was the washington post which gave kaine an edge driven by an overwhelming percent of women. governor, thanks so much for joining us. why do you think the republican agenda, nationally and in your state, the old dominion, is bad for women? chris, for a whole bunch of reasons. first, virginia was sort of the epicenter this year of a lot of bills that really went after women s health care, invasive ultrasound procedures promoted by our governor, and my opponent george allen stood silent and didn t condemn them. personhood legislation that would criminalize abortion and potentially criminalize fda approved birth control that george allen wants to take to the u.s. senate. then go to additional areas like my opponent not being in support of paycheck equity, having a history of voting against family medical leave act, wanting to support the blunt amendment to roll back contraceptive
protection. these issues have all come up at the same time. some deal with health care choices. some deal with paycheck equity. but women in virginia are feeling like they don t have a lot of friends on the other side. explain where that thing stands about the probing that women really find invasive, this procedure. they were talking about requiring under the law that every woman who s having an abortion, as her own choice, had to go through this procedure by law. what is this all about? chris, it was absolutely outrageous. there was a bill that was introduced this year in virginia that would have required a woman exercising a constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy, would have to undergo an ultrasound with a vaginal probe that was clearly designed to demean, and that vaginal probe was, even against the woman s will and has an expense, and she d be required to pay for it. one house of the legislature pushed that through, like on grease skids. but then the women of
said, hold on a second. this isn t going to happen. there were protests at the state capitol. in one of the protests, women and others protesting peacefully were surrounded by capitol police in riot gear. eventually, the virginia senate came to their senses. they watered down the bill so that the ultrasound was not a vaginal probe but an external ultrasound, but it was still medically unnecessary, expensive, and against a woman s will, and yet now, as of july 1, that s a mandated procedure for women. whether it s these issues or paycheck equity, family medical leave act, all of this has been under pressure. let me clear up something that was in the washington post today. where do you stand it makes sense if you say it the right way. i hope you say it the right way. everybody ought to get tax returns. it s a very democratic idea. everybody pays a buck, two bucks, whatever they can, and the rich people certainly pay their progressive share. is this what you believe in? this came up
and she d be required to pay for it. one house of the legislature pushed that through, like on grease skids. but then the women of virginia and a lot of men stood up and said, hold on a second. this isn t going to happen. there were protests at the state capitol. in one of the protests, women and others protesting peacefully were surrounded by capitol police in riot gear. eventually, the virginia senate came to their senses. they watered down the bill so that the ultrasound was not a vaginal probe but an external ultrasound, but it was still medically unnecessary, expensive, and against a woman s will, and yet now, as of july 1, that s a mandated procedure for women. whether it s these issues or paycheck equity, family medical leave act, all of this has been under pressure. let me clear up something that was in the washington post today. where do you stand it makes sense if you say it the right way. i hope you say it the right way. everybody ought to get tax returns. it s a very
it. one house of the legislature pushed that through like on greased skids, but then the women of virginia and a lot of men stood up and said, hold on a second, this isn t going to happen. there were protests at the state capitol, and one of the protests women and others protesting peacefully were surrounded by capitol police in riot gear. eventually the vir senate came to their senses. they watered down the bill so that the ultrasound was not vaginal probe but an external ultrasound but it was still medically unnecessary, expensive, and against a woman s will, and yet now as of july 1, that s a mandated procedure for women. and so whether it s these issues or, again, paycheck equity, family medical leave act, all of this has been under pressure. let me clear up something that was in the washington post today. where do you stand on it makes sense if you say it the right way, i hope you get to say it the right way, everybody ought to get tax returns. it seems to me it s a very dem