and balanced by gender. i m getting reactions all over the state and the country from folks who are frustrated as well and glad to see folks standing up and fighting back. illinois state representative kelly cassidy and virginia state senator janet howell, i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. president obama s campaign is touting his accomplishments with a new film. we will preview it and talk to ben labolt of the obama re-election campaign. that s coming up next. and it s the al capone vault story all over again. well, not really, but it is sean hannity uncovering the obama video you have already seen and we have got an ed show exclusive that you won t want to miss. eugene robinson will be with me. stay right here. we will be right back.
in georgia, a bill was introduced outlawing most vasectomies, saying thousands of children are being deprived of birth because of them. i have to tell you tonight, 30 years in the business, i didn t think aid ever read anything like this, but this is what the news is all about in america in 2012. i find it amazing. let s turn to the aughters of these two bills, i mentioned illinois state representative kelly cassidy because wuss and state senator howell. i appreciate you both being with us on this subject. i can t believe this is what it is all about in america right now for women s health care. senator howell, what inspired you to introduce this legislation, a rectal exam and cardiac stress test? well, i was just so angry about the ultrasound bill that was in this virginia senate. it was requiring women to have transvaginal probes before they
do you think this will back off the right-wing and their social agenda? well, earlier in the show, there was discussion of 1992 and when women were just so anger and so outraged and how women came out in such enormous numbers and that s what i m seeing here. it is it is stunning to me that we are still having this conversation, that that we have it established that women and doctors can do this on their own. and so i think the weather it has an impact on this bill or other bills in the country is less clear than the fact that it will have an impact on how women vote. and i want to get both of your take on this. senator howell, is this a turning point for women on this issue? oh, i i definitely think that it is. the forces against women s reproductive health have overreached and people are
requiring men to get psychological testing before receiving erectile dysfunction drugs. the purpose of the was to point out the inequality and sexism of 1100 laws attacking women s health and reproductive rights. senator turner is not the only state using this strategy. similar bills have been introduced in at least eight other states. in virginia, state senator janet howell introduced an amendment to the controversial ultrasound bill requiring men to undergo a rectal exam and cardiac stress test before getting erectile dysfunction drugs. in illinois, state representative kelly cassidy suggested men should have to watch a video showing the treatment for persistent erections before being allowed to pop a viagra pill. in georgia, a bill was introduced outlawing most vasectomies, saying thousands of children are being deprived of birth because of them. i have to tell you tonight, 30 years in the business, i didn t
yeah the response has been really overwhelmingly positive and balanced by gender. i m getting reactions all over the state and the country from folks who are frustrated as well and glad to see folks standing up and fighting back. illinois state representative kelly cassidy and virginia state senator janet howell, i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. president obama s campaign is touting his accomplishments with a new film. we will preview it and talk to ben labolt of the obama re-election campaign. that s coming up next. and it s the al capone vault story all over again. well, not really, but it is sean hannity uncovering the obama video you have already seen and we have got an ed show exclusive that you won t want to miss. eugene robinson will be with me. stay right here. we will be right back. ohhh my head, ohhh.