Is going to pick up their phone Behind The Wheel today without even thinking about it . Dont do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are or good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone. And a test which is almost 100 accurate in telling mums to be whether the child theyre carrying has Downs Syndrome is being made available on the nhs from next year. This morning there are yet more warnings it could lead to an increase in the number of abortions. Well get reaction. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well ask whats going on with ukip and hopefully speak to nigel farage who is annoyed that his only mp allegedly tried to block him getting a knighthood. Should mr farage get a knighthood . Tell me what you think. Our top story today, drivers caught using their phone Behind The Wheel will now face
anything they can do to keep this sort of political football of women s health. it s really outrageous and when you consider that one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, the dreadful willingness to put women through an unnecessary invasive rape-like procedure is just astonishing. republican governor bob mcdonnell will support the legislation and will sign it. but what is happening in virginia clearly is a broader attack of what is happening on women s health. here s rick santorum what he had to say about pre natal testing. and the affordable health care act. one of the mandates is they require free pre-natat testing. why? free pre-natal testing ends up
i ve enjoyed it. good to be with you. joining me now are msnbc political analysts steve schmidt, former senior adviser to john mccain s 2008 presidential campaign, and a senior strategy in the bush/cheney 2004 campaign, and our other steve, steve kornacki, political columnist for salon.com. steve schmidt, you ve got a republican front-runner now who s talking about amniocentesis. this is not something anybody would advise any candidate to get into. no, it s crazy talk, lawrence. and i tell you, if he is the nominee, given what he said over the last week on the contraception issues, amniocentesis, prenatal testing, one of the big medical advances in the last 15 years, there ll be a blowout the likes that no one has ever even imagined before. steve kornacki, you wrote a fascinating piece today, talking about what santorum s move into theology and this religious conversation means for romney. it puts romney in a difficult place, doesn t it? no, really, i think it really
that mistake for the rest of your life. really! that was saturday night live s take on the new republican obsession with contraception. joining me now is gail collins, new york times columnist, and the author of the new book william henry harrison the latest in the american presidents series. gail, i want to listen to what rick santorum said yesterday, defending his comments on prenatal testing. this is what he said on face the nation. let s listen to that. but, senator, do you not want any kind of prenatal testing? i mean, would we just turn our back on science, that this is something that expectant mothers should not go through? that it s best not to know about these things ahead of time? i mean, is that what you re saying here? no, i m not saying look, people have the right to do it, but to have the government force people to provide it, free, just has to me, has is a bit loaded.
it s really outrageous and when you consider that one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, the dreadful willingness to put women through an unnecessary invasive rape-like procedure is just astonishing. republican governor bob mcdonnell will support the legislation and will sign it. but what is happening in virginia clearly is a broader attack of what is happening on women s health. here s rick santorum what he had to say about pre hn natal testing. and the affordable health care act. one of the mandates is they require free pre-natat testing. why? free pre-natal testing ends up in more abortion and less care that has to be done because we