>> out by the kaiser family foundation shows about a third of women believe there is a so-called war on women . 31% agree that there is a wide scale effort to limit reproductive choices. 45% say there is an effort to curb those choices but it is not wide scale. 7% believe there is no effort.
>> thank you both for joining us. you heard luke say there is some republican who's believe you have to throw a little red meat out here. here is a bill and if you look at the evidence out there, this problem does not exist in the united states . china, yes, india, maybe, but not the united states where women are going in and deliberately aborting fetuses that are girls.
>> right. what they're trying to do is force a situation where they can run ads and say democrats are waging the real war on women because they want people to be able to abort girl babies. the truth is in the countries that you mentioned which is not the concern of the united states congress , in the countries that you mentioned, the only thing that has worked to curtail sex selective abortion or sex selection at the ivf stage is gender equality . curtailing women 's rights won't lead to gender equality which is the only thing in places where sex selective abortion exists has changed anything.
>> when you look at the number, a third women believe there is a war on women . whether those who have called it silly or this is like, i believe, reince priebus said it's like there is a war on caterpillars. the number show something is resonating. when we start the hour with a bill that is on the house floor right now addressing a problem that according to research doesn't exist, related to women terminating pregnancies. and it strikes fear in doctors who perform terminations.
>> the doctor concern is a big issue. we're on the third anniversary today. this law, if this bill became law it would impose a penalty of up to a year in prison for a doctor for performing a quote/unquote sex selective abortion . it forces doctors to have to police the choices of their patients, especially their asian-american patients, and further intimidates doctors to a point in which they're already under siege.
>> i was noting what dana milbank from the " washington post " noted. he said republicans long ago lost african-american voters. they're well on their way to losing la teen overs. if trent frank prevails, they may lose asian- americans , too. specifically note asian-american women in his concern that this selective gender abortions are happening.
>> that's exactly it. at the end of the day , if these republicans continue at this rate they're going to lose women voters and asian voters and mitt romney needs all those coalitions to win or to beat the president. and i don't think he will have that. this bill is only totally totally repressive to women but this bill is also completely nonsensical. there are so many other things congress should focus on like maybe the buffett rule, maybe passing the violence against women 's act. instead they want to focus on a select number of abortions that happen in this country. it shows what their priorities are.
>> let me play a little of what went down on the house floor yesterday when this was being debated. let's play it, please.
>> this is the ultimate war on women , mr. speaker. if we don't allow women to be born, we cannot talk about any other rights.
>> you talk about a war on women . this is a war oathics. woe to you.
>> let's not forget that planned parenthood aborts approximately 330,000 children every year. this, mr. speaker, is the real war on women .
>> these were republicans yesterday on the house floor. we heard obviously from sheila jackson lee . the rhetoric is as hot as the topic and perhaps it should be when you again look at some of the things being said from this congressman who also said that at one point, african-american women were also terminating their babies, based on race. some things that i think people would find outlandish and offensive to say the least there. but nonetheless, this is still going on. right now on the house floor.
>> that's the sad part. it is actually happening on the house floor. at the end of the day , if there was a war on women , if we wanted to solve the problem, all the people co-sponsoring this bill voted against the lilly ledbetter act which allowed women to get fair pay for a day of work. they want to repress a woman's uterus. this is exactly what they believe. they're bwilling to vote on this. we know they won't get a two-thirds majority so this bill will never become law in this country. that's the greatest thing to be thankful for.
>> how does race get tied up in this? with one swoop, this congressman has offended some women and you've got african- americans and asian- americans now tied up in it as well.
>> until recently, this bill was trying to criminalize and shame african-american women but accusing them of genocide in the african-american community for their choices for their bodies. this is really divisive politics. it is trying to be able to say that pro-choice people want to abort baby girls which is absolutely a falsehood. and it is just cheap bottle.
>> obviously they need two-thirds vote to get this thing passed here. that's expected not to happen. what it has done yet again is to bring the conversation to what are the priorities of the house republicans? is it the economy as luke russert is reporting? many in the leadership are saying, or is it to bring issues like this where there is at least no evidence that has been pointed out is a real problem in this country. women specifically aborting fetuses that are girls in an attempt to gender select their child. we'll continue to follow this and bring you the very latest on the vote. thank you.
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