ultrasound first. right wingers see no issue with the state mandating this type of procedure. wait a minute they had no problems having similar to a trans-vaginal procedure when they engaged in the act that resulted in their pregnancy. the ultrasound bill has passed both republican-controlled houses in the state of virginia. here s how one legislator described women s reproductive rights last week. we hear the same song over we hear the same song over there, the very tragic human notes that are often touched upon involve extreme examples. but in the vast majority of these cases these are matters of lifestyle convenience, mr. speaker. lifestyle convenience? the majority of virginians opposing the ultrasound legislation. i m trying to remind i am a legal person i have a vote and opinion and a body which is my
that is a christian view, not outside the framework of christianity to be an environmentist. santorum also said this. the idea the federal government should be running schools frankly much less that the state government should be running schools is anacronistic. i think it should be a process locally run, works with parents to provide the optimal opportunity for each child in america to get the education that they need. snot what the federal government or state government says that you should have. impoverished neighborhoods, where will the money come from, joy-ann? i m so glad you played that clip, i have been wanting to talk about that since i saw it sunday. i wish bob schieffer had a chance to follow-up. what rick santorum is saying, he didn t go further and continue it, is that the federal government and the state government shouldn t be involved in education because people of his ideology, they should not have to teach global warming,
begun do say let s look at the state definition in fact the new fbi definition of rape. and that would include vaginal penetration against the will without the consent of the woman. is it rape in your opinion? i think it is. you do think it s rape? i think it is, ed, i do. i do. well clearly it s something that a woman would be forced to do. she would lose control of her body. right, it s non-consensual. if it s non-consensual penetration of her vagina, i don t know what you call it. this is rape. we have come to efforts to criminal all abortion, it s i think rips the mask off the intention of the people and it s almost really mostly men who are trying to criminalize abortion. this is not about protecting women. this is shaming women, this is
coming up, rick santorum is walking back erie dick you lus statement. he says the presidents that ha different theology. he wants us to believe he wasn t talking about religion. i ll ask joy-ann reid and e.j. dionne what they think. you won t believe what is going on in virginia it s the new battlefield for the republican war on women. today in that state, women were fighting back. the president of the national organization for women is here to explain. an espn anchor is suspended after racist remarks about jeremy lin, michael eric dyson joins me later. share your thoughts on twitter #edshow, we re right back. oh!
the tea partiers and surprisingly, doing well with union members. those reagan democrats are still alive. is that what will close it out for him in michigan? that will certainly help. and i happen frob his hometown of pittsburgh, i know how he worked the unions in pittsburgh, he had good relationships with the steelworkers, he was not a right-to-work guy in that state, because he was in pennsylvania. i think some messages from the union people out there are look, if we re going do have a republican nominee let s have one we worked with in the past, so i don t know there is the ve he vehement opposition. do you think the republicans will try to find somebody else if mitt romney can t win his home state in how big a deal is this and is mitch daniel a player? there are several players. a couple things, i have been talking to a lot of the same