this was the group personhood usa.s is how they tried to convince voters in mississippi to legally block any woman in mississippi from having an abortion ever, under any circumstances, even if she got pregnant because she was raped. the conceived in rape tour was their argument for that abortion ban. their argument was that forcing rape victims to bear their rapist child against their will was a benefit of the law. it's not a bug, it's a feature. look what this would do! this was the argument they campaigned on. shockingly, it did not work. mississippi was not psyched about this prospect. mississippi voters said no to that abortion ban by a double-digit margin. now, the mississippi vote was not the first loss for personhood usa. they lost in colorado as well in 2008, when voters said no to the same kind of ban by nearly a three-to-one margin. they tried again in colorado two years later in 2010 and again they were defeated by a 40-point margin. they could not get it done. they had never been able to get it done. turns

personhood usa put money into it. a lot of other extreme right groups put money to it. they defeated him. and they've scared the rest of the legislature. i want to add one thing. there are republican women who stood up. there were historic women's rights rallies in cities across north dakota two days ago. and some of the leaders were republican women. so there are people fighting back. but right now they're taking these small states where it's easy to make a difference and where the pro-choice forces have not been organized, and they are winning. and the pro-choice forces are getting ready to fight back. >> okay. earlier today on msnbc the woman who runs that one abortion clinic in north dakota blamed this new law on politics. and self-preservation of these people in the legislature. also fear of right wing groups like personhood usa which believes life begins at fertilization itself. totally anti-abortion. let's watch. >> we had in 2011 another personhood bill that came forward and a state senator killed the bill with a procedural move. he then was redistricted, had to

all over the country, anti choice groups like personhood usa are targeting states with republican controlledislatures and are seizing this moment of single party control to chip away at a woman's constitutional right to choose what happens to her body, one state at a time. and with 53% of americans living in states where republicans control the legislature and the governorship, there is indeed a lot at stake. joining me now is cecile richards, president of planned parenthood action fund. good to see up. >> good to see you, alex. >> let's talk about what's happening in north dakota. generally speaking, all of these republican held statehouses and this precedent it says. north dakota has a surplus of $2 billion in oil revenues, which makes it a lot easier to fight a controversial decision like the one they are making. >> the crazy thing, this isn't supported by the people of north dakota. and somehow, you know, governor dalrymple by signing these bills today has made north dakota now the most unsafe state in the country for women. and, you know, some irony that today you see before the supreme

have approved such a measure that would effectively outlaw abortion rid of legal analysts for personhood usach backed the measure said the amendment -- we will tammi kromenaker end, your response to this, in the role of groups like person had usa. we have 30 seconds. >> these groups come in two states they think are vulnerable and push their own agenda on the states. as representative hawken said, i don't believe this is what north dakota ns want. thesedisgusting legislators have allowed this to happen in our state. >> thank you, tammi kromenaker, speaking to us from prairie public broadcasting in fargo, north dakota. thank you to longtime representative kathy hawken, speaking to us from the dakota media access, community tv station that also broadcasts "democracy now!" [captioning made possible by democracy now!]