women voters, it s a dominant vote, majority vote. 54% of the vote last time. that s exactly right. you would think any candidate that was serious would want to address issues of concern. absolutely. you are talking about, first of all, let s talk about black women for a second. black women as an electorate in the last election carried the democratic vote. we are the largest voting bloc of democratic voters. we re also the second largest group of people to experience women to experience sexual violence in this country. i can pull out all kind of demographics of voters and tell you how that relates to people who experience sexual violence. it s just smart. it s smart politics to say we have to also address this. we have to talk about how we make our communities safer, how we make women safer, children safer, people who experience sexual violence safer. can we expect, i have known you since you were an activist in alabama going way back, though you were younger than me. can we
six men involved in the most savage gang rape india has ever seen. the question on many people s minds, what s changed? are women safer? we go on a patrol with one of deli s highest ranking female police officers. people have the perception that the police has not been doing enough to change that, we started interacting with the people. we try to make police more visible so that even if the force is lesser in number, the impact is more. reporter: monica grew up in dehli, until a few years ago she would never think about going to the police. nobody there speak about it. even i know somebody happen to me i would never go to the police station. but now i see regarding this that girls go and report such things. they don t hesitate. call the number. they are more forthcoming about it. so this is a big change. reporter: the police were often accused of being largely
about the legitimate interest that the state might have, he had absolutely nothing to say with regard to why this would make women safer. he, in fact, repeatedly said, i simply feel that it will. and there s a reason for that. in contrast to your caller a moment ago, these are not surgical procedures. abortion is not a surgical procedure. and the state simply cannot claim any interest in why it ought to meet the standards of a surgical center. they also have no ability to claim why there s a legitimate interest in having admitting privileges for doctors because the consequence, any negative consequence of an abortion procedure is extremely rare. and in the instances where a woman has had to seek follow-up, there hasn t been an issue with the fact that her particular
providers. msnbc.com s national reporter joins us now. are there members of the medical community who are pushing back at this, or is this mostly conservatives and republicans who see this as a danger to women? tamron, they conducted a study over several years with medical professionals from public health researchers to sociologists training people in these procedures, trying to see, would it be just as safe for women if physicians assistants, nurse midwives and nurse practitioners performed first trimester abortions? it s a very simple procedure. what they found is that in both cases, in both groups, the complication rates were less than 2%. in countries where abortion is illegal, women get them anyway. they just get ones that are less safe. if we can expand access, the idea is we ll keep women safer. as i pointed out, opponents point out it subjects women to a lower level of medical care.
hopelessness. gary tuchman is joining me now from east cleveland. gary, what is being done to keep these residents, particularly the women safer? reporter: they need more cops in these neighborhoods and they have increased police patrols. so that is good news. they also need to knock down the abandoned buildings. there s so many abandoned houses and businesses. the mayor is saying he needs more funding to knock those buildings down because they are magnets for criminals. and also the final thing, neighbors tend to mind their own business. they can t mind their business anymore. they have to speak out when they see something suspicious. tell neighbors and police and nail these bad people. good advice. thanks for that report. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] let s say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money.