today he says rape is rape. this is a problem for romney and ryan. it s not about abortion. that is the problem. it is such a large narrative for the democrats to run with. to say this is now about rape and contraception. and any association mitt romney has, connection he has to this level of ignorance is dangerously is dangerous politically for him. he is connected to this guy. bret: steve, quickly. the act that she is talking about the no taxpayer funding for abortion act that included 11 democratic cosponsors and passed the house 251-179. including indiana senate candidate democrat joe donnelly. this is not a problem. because it didn t include that language. it didn t include that language. it will make a great ad. the reason the language was included the first place is distinguish taxpayer funding for abortion for violent rape and for statutory rape. that is to say if a 1-year-old if a 19-year-old high school senior impregnated his girlfriend who was 16,
law except in cases of rape or incest. carol is monitoring. that s right. there is a fierce battle brewing on capitol hill not over job creation but over abortion. you thought the mid term elections were about jobs, jobs, jobs. well, there are two hearings in the house surrounding two bills on abortion. republican chris smith is behind one of them. the no taxpayer funding for abortion act. opponents say it s a waste of time because president obama in a move to end debate on the health care law signed an executive order banning federal funding for abortion except in cases of rape, insicest or when the life of a pregnant woman is at risk. congressman smith says an executive order is not law and the president could change his mind. democrats as you might expect are fighting mad. they say both proposed bills are so restrictive they would limit a woman s access to reproductive care even when her life is in danger. other democrats say the ensuing battle over the bills will produce a legisl
incest. because of what? republican frustration that too much was being called rape? it wasn t really rape? incest, really? what do you mean by incest? that bill gets a big hearing. jobs, jobs, jobs. the day after that, they got a subcommittee hearing on a sweeping antiabortion did bill. hr 328. the protect life act sponsored by joe pits, the man who tried to hijack health reform when and tried to turn it into an antiabortion vehicle. he will get a hearing on his sweeping aspect abortion bill on wednesday. if a woman is pregnant and in an emergency medical situation, if she is in a situation where she will die if she is forced to keep the baby and the only thing that can save her life is an abortion, if she is in that situation, hospitals do not have to perform the abortion nor do
review federal regulations. for the record, it s already the job of committees to review federal regulations, but that s what republicans plan to have the house spent 10 hours debating. the only debate they are doing. all through the election, they talked to great game about what they wanted to do. they continued to talk about what they want to do now that they are in power. when the jobs numbers came out, eric kantor tweeted this. that looks awesome in a tweet and sounds great when you say it. what are they actually doing? today is a day off and tomorrow when they get back to work, what are they going to do? a hearing on hr 3, the no taxpayer funding for abortion act. this is the bill that in the official form redefined rape and
joining success congresswoman democrat of illinois, chief deputy whip and strange advocate for women s issues. thanks for your time tonight. thanks, rachel. doesn t the government already ban funding for abortion? why do we need the no taxpayer funding for abortion act? well, because this bill actually goes way further. this says that a person whose imprr provides health care but that health insurance policy covers abortions, man or woman, then that employer can t get a tax break. if an individual who buys a policy that provides for abortion cannot get any kind of health care tax deduction if that policy were to cover abortion. so, now it goes into private money and private insurance policies and things that people do on their own. it s it is much further than