Do, what is your job? abortion stories are it s a local news story but often with a national frame. when you read a story about texas six-week abortion ban, you will get a quote from ted cruz, size and scope about how many abortion bans have been claimed, that sort of thing. but for the patient that wakes up the next morning and want to know whether or not they have an appointment, that s the news they need delivered. in that article, i promise you, she will not be able to figure out whether or not her appointment is on. i tell you that because i was a reporting writing those stories for cbs news and i can t tell you how many messages and dms i got from patients asking me, i saw your article about the six-week ban. can you walk me through whether or not i have an appointment today? i can tell you today after that leak on monday, our planned parenthood health centers, we have been flooded with calls for people who are concerned about their birth control appointments or concerned ab
Wouldn t expect. if you get the call to go to trump tower to have a conversation with ivanka or someone over there about what are your concerns, would you go over there and try to make the case to these people? well, the call hasn t come, lawrence. no, i understand. but i appreciate the question. look, we will do everything to fight for the women who come to us for care. one in five women in this country have been to planned parenthood for health care. and i will say two days after this election, a panic was set out around the country. we ve had a record number of women calling for birth control appointments to get access to services. so whatever we need to do with this administration, i think they understand and i hope they understand clearly that it s not about the funding for planned parenthood. it s about the ability of women in this country to access health care. and that s what is at stake. and what mike pence unfortunately has said he would do is end that access to care. l
One in five women in this country have been to planned parenthood for health care. and i will say two days after this election, a panic was set out around the country. we ve had a record number of women calling for birth control appointments to get access to services. so whatever we need to do with this administration, i think they understand and i hope they understand clearly that it s not about the funding for planned parenthood. it s about the ability of women in this country to access health care. and that s what is at stake. and what mike pence unfortunately has said he would do is end that access care. look, i run into women every single day who say planned parenthood is the place i go for my annual exam. i don t know where we would go without you. mike pence has a long record here. and i think it s absolutely solid and unmovable on this subject. donald trump doesn t. he has been all over the place. he has been erratic about it. it could be a mood thing with him. it s conceivab