virginia one of 25 states to enact 42 anti-choice measures in 2012. and these were laws that included mandating ultra sounds, defunding planned parenthood and other service providers and creating regulations aimed at forcing clinics to close rather than providing an improved care. in addition to these measures, the doctors that perform this legal procedure have become targets of a kind of domestic terrorism with threats, intimidation and violence. in one instance, 21 horses were burned alive when a family s stable was torched. the murder of dr. george teller in 2009 remains one of the most notable acts of violence. a family planning doctor in wichita, kansas, performing late-term abortions, he was shot to death as he attended church. a new documentary after tiller opening friday takes a very personal look in to the lives of the four remaining doctors that perform late-term abortions and the very real threats they face
as something else entirely. people have relayed to me that never in the mystery of texas have they seen that type after mob rule come in and discombobulate a legislative session. anyone who watched that would consider that would be mob rule. despite this outbreak of mob rule, the bill is expected to be approved by the republican controlled house today and by the senate later this week, after which governor perry will sign it into law. it will make texas the 13th state to ban abortion at 20 weeks. north dakota s ban, the strictest in the country at six weeks, will go into an effect in august. but texas isn t the only state where conservatives have rolled back a woman s right to choose. in ohio governor john kasich flanked by an all-male audience, signed a budget bill that also made ohio s abortion laws some of the strictest in the nation and in wisconsin, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order yesterday after governor scott walker signed a bill into law aimed at shut
i know that men understand that we can make decisions for ourselves, and it s not necessary for them to make them for us. and we are not going to be bullied. and that is the message. we will not be bullied. our constitution rights would l not be trampled upon, and we re not going to take it sitting down. now, joan, we see governor perry making this move. last night governor kasich signed into law, a law that is extreme, a law that says rape crisis counselors face new restrictions. women seeking abortions must undergo medically unnecessary ultrasound, even if they don t want one. and their choice and their doctor doesn t recommend one. and they must pay for these ultra sounds on top of that. it s extreme stuff, joy, it s unbelievable stuff, reverend al. and we re seeing it over and over. i want to point out, and representative thompson knows this better than i do. our side is being accused of being anti-democratic.
go backwards. it is incredible politicians are still pushing this kind of extreme agenda. but they ll pay for that. in pennsylvania, the republicans control the house because of suburban republican legislators. democrats will make that an issue in every election. your guy s okay but he s promoting this majority. governor, i agree with you. think they will pay the price in the election but in the meantime, a lot of women are going to suffer. and that s very real. i also want to talk, bob, about ideological consistency here. right? you have a party here that is on one hand does not want any background checks for gun owners, then is totally fine with broad surveillance of foreign and in some cases domestic telephone accounts. then you also have a party that says we want small government, prudent government, not government overreach, and then is mandating transvaginal ultra sounds at the state level. we looked there are more waiting periods to get an
invasive transadvantage able ultra-sound. joan and jonathan are both msnbc contributors. joan, it just seems that they can t avoid that one word rape. it s an odd word to talk about in general conversation even. right. we don t usually chat about it, and here they are bringing it up. well, yeah, chris. it s because it s what they believe. during the romney campaign, paul ryan was asked about akin s comments and he said the means of conception shouldn t change the law. and they don t have a problem talking about it. i think it s deeper than that. we see with scott walker in wisconsin, this is their agenda. it s not talking about rain when they re in trouble. scott walker said i feel just fine about ultra-sounds, like you re talking about a medically