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the middle class is struggling. you bet. lilly ledbetter, thank you for joining us on the ed show and thank you for all your work in this area. i appreciate it. and a programming note. tomorrow night, i ll have an exclusive interview with the vice president of the united states, joe biden. we ll have an in depth discussion covering all of the news of the day, including the republican s war on women s health care. next, rick santorum spent months trashing mitt romney. now he s out of the race, he might have to borrow mitt s etch a sketch, don t you think? ....
By doubling down on their war on women. it is just remarkable. you know, ed, 60%, over 60% of voters are against the blunt amendment, the one that said that an employer could deny a woman actually anyone, something that went a health service that went against his moral judgment or his religious beliefs. and that s also true of the majority of independents and even 40% of the republicans don t agree with that. congresswoman, do you think that this is somewhat of a surrender to president obama in that deep down, they don t think that they can beat president obama so they are going to do everything they can to rally the social conservatives and at least get some more people in the congress, in the senate and in the house that will see the world the way they do? that they are going to get something out of this election and this is the stronge esest p ....
Thanks for watching. today is international women s day. guess how the republicans in counsel operated the occasion. they debated a bill to restrict abortion rights for women. it s yet another bill criminalizing doctors who perform abortions. 129 female democrats in the senate, well, they have had enough n a letter to speaker boehner, they wrote, it s time for you to put up an end tight tax on women s health care and to work with the senate to get back to the american people s top priority, creating jobs and boosting our economy. the war on women s health care is taking place really all over the country, when you look at it at every level of government. last year this is an astounding number, last year, more than 1100 reproductive health restrictions were introduced in all 50 states, restrictions to abortion rights skyrocketed to record levels in 2011. nine states, count them, nine states voted to reduce funding for family planning programs. texas reduced its reproductive health budg ....
To know what you think, took radio for a moment. tonight s question, would you rather listen to dead air or rush limbaugh? text a for dead air. text b for rush limbaugh, 622639, go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. joining me tonight is congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois. great to have you with us, congresswoman. when you look at the number of bills that are being introduced at a state level and you see what your colleagues on the other side of the aisle are talking about, where their focus is, what s happening here? well, you know, 135 of those bills actually were passed into law last year. about 70% of them to limit a woman s right to an abortion. so you know, happy international women s day. the republicans are celebrating by doubling down on their war on women. it is just remarkable. you know, ed, 60%, over 60% of voters are against the blunt amendment, the one that said ....
Aren t perfect everywhere. of course we have to reform them. but pulling out state and federal money is exactly the opposite of what we need to do because our public system, forget the private schools, our public systems are so unequal, even with that money coming in. joy-ann reid, 679 e.j. dionne, thank you. the war on women s health care is in virginia as a series of radical measures await legislative approval, the governor says he ll sign them. terry o neill, the president of the national organization for women will join me for the discussion. david koch says he s helping scott walker in wisconsin. how much help is he giving the union-busting governor? you re watching the ed show on msnbc, we re right back. ....