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 radar screen. once in a while it pops up. but it s important that you re having this on your show tonight so that people realize, i mean, there have been 400 bills dropped in state legislatures this year just on access to abortion. and so it s important that we realize, yes, iowa, north dakota, mississippi, and arkansas it almost brings the women s movement, martha, to a new age of activism. i me
women before roe v. wade. and we re not willing to go back even if there are people in state legislatures who d like to chip away at that right. we re remaining vigilant. and we have to. we absolutely have to remain vigilant. turning to the violence against women act, it has protected women from domestic abuse for 18 years. it has had broad bipartisan support in the past. but now house majority leader eric cantor is blocking the bill s reauthorization by not bringing it to the floor for a vote. house republicans have objected to new provisions that expand protections for same-sex couples, also undocumented workers, and native american women. here s senator susan collins pleading to members of her own party earlier this week. this is not and never should be a partisan issue. this is an equal opportunity crime that harms people regardless of their political affiliation, their profession, their location, their status in
women before roe v. wade. and we re not willing to go back even if there are people in state legislatures who d like to chip away at that right. we re remaining vigilant. and we have to. we absolutely have to remain vigilant. turning to the violence against women act, it has protected women from domestic abuse for 18 years. it has had broad bipartisan support in the past. but now house majority leader eric cantor is blocking the bill s reauthorization by not bringing it to the floor for a vote. house republicans have objected to new provisions that expand protections for same-sex couples, also undocumented workers, and native american women. here s senator susan collins pleading to members of her own party earlier this week. this is not and never should be a partisan issue. this is an equal opportunity crime that harms people
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 radar screen. once in a while it pops up. but it s important that you re having this on your show tonight so that people realize, i mean, there have been 400 bills dropped in state legislatures this year just on access to abortion. and so it s important that we realize, yes, iowa, north dakota, mississippi, and arkansas it almost brings the women s movement, martha, to a new age of activism. i mean, it s just got to be constant, doesn t it? yes. and listen, i m not thrilled that we have to do it, that we have to revisit this fight. there s a reason we had it in the first place. it s because before roe v. wade women were dying. sure. we know what life was like before women had acc
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 radar screen. once in a while it pops up. but it s important that you re having this on your show tonight so that people realize, i mean, there have been 400 bills dropped in stitt legislatures this year just on access to abortion. and so it s important that we realize, yes, iowa, north dakota, mississippi, and arkansas it almost brings the women s movement, martha, to a new age of activism. i mean, it s just got to be constant, doesn t it? yes. and listen, i m not thrilled that we have to do it, that we have to revisit this fight. there s a reason we had it in the first place. it s because before roe v. wade women were dying. sure. we know what life was like before women had access to the full range of rep