cecile richards: i think it will.upreme court where they are hearing the case about the texas laws that have been so restrictive on women's access to safe and legal abortion in that state. i was interested in the cosmo poll that showed for millennial voters their top two issues were , health care access and reproductive rights. because of the assault at the state level, and because so many cases are in the court, it is a special year. i tend to agree with you that usually the supreme court seems rather far away. but because of all these assault on women's health care and the efforts to turn back the clock, i think the supreme court will be important to a lot of cases we all care about. it is more on the minds of voters than anything i've ever seen. mark: as president obama thinks about who he may nominate, is it an absolute for you that he nominate someone based on their public record or direct questioning that they will uphold the roe versus wade? is that absolute? cecile richards: i think it is important that anyone

it's about controlling women, in the words of cecil richards.re going to hear a lot of that, beth, and we're running out of time, but we're going to hear a lot of that over the next 24 hours. >> we are. and what cecil richards is say is that what many pro-choice advocates say, that really is what pro-choice people want, they want to punish women. it's not about saying that women aren't going to be affected by this. it's women who actually going to be the ones punished. >> the conversation continues in the next hour. my colleague, erica hill, picks up our coverage after a short break. >>> it's time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. aaron who schorn hated leaving his beloved pooch at the kennel when he went out of town. he knew there had to be a better option. so he started dog vacay, an online service that connects pet owners with pet sitters. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loa

up next, my conversation with planned parenthood president cecile richards.uch more. ♪ here with me now onset is the president of planned parenthood, cecile richards. donald trump has been talking a lot about planned parenthood. i know you don't support him, but you like the fact that a prominent voice out there is supporting the role that planned parenthood plays? cecile: i think what he is saying reflects where the american people are. i think what he is saying is very disingenuous. on the one hand, he praises our work, but on the other hand, says if he were president, he would end the ability for folks to come to us for health care. you can't have it both ways. mark: you could exist without government funding? cecile: we will. we have been around for 100 years. we look forward to doing this work for another hundred years. i think it is very dangerous when politicians put their own political agenda ahead of the well-being of folks in this country, and the access to health care. that is what we are seeing in this presidential primary. every candidate is sayi

i was asking cecile richards from planned parenthood about the undue burden argument.t's the argument in which they are challenging whether this law, this texas law should be upheld -- or overruled. what do you think about the argument that there is an undue burden place opened women. >> there is no undue burden. these are very important medical regulations, very important health and safety regulations. there have to be ambulatory surgical treatment standards and you would want every clinic to meet those standards. every part of those standards has a medical logic and a grounding in medical practice. dr. donna campbell was a state senator who testified in support of these regulations in the texas senate, 23 years an emergency room physician and she testified to the medical logic behind every part of the ambulatory medical/surgical standards. there is logic behind admitting privileges. it involves continuity of care between the performing surgeon and the receiving surgeon in any hospital if there are complications. you wouldn't want to go to a clinic that didn't meet as

any way, jeannie mancini will join me shortly, as will cecile richards.remarks of yesterday are playing among women there in wisconsin. msnb chris jansing in milwaukee. thank you for joining us. you've been talking to people. >> all day long. the reaction from women has been very negative. didn't matter how old, which party they were in. i think they fell into three groups. in correspondence lou another group had this sort of visceral angry reaction. they couldn't believe what they were hearing. and they were very vee meahemen they thought about voting for him for president. the third, taking this long view. people who are worried about what a donald trump nomination would mean, because they believe he plays fast and loose with the facts. one example that was given to me by a business leader, apparently trump was meeting with a group of business leaders here in wisconsin, and according to this person, when talking about things like unemployment, and the deficit, got every single number wrong. had nothing but negative things to say about wisconsin. the quo

up next, my conversation with the planned parenthood president , cecile richards. thoughts on donald trump, hillary clinton and much more. ♪ mark: here with me now is the president of planned parenthood, cecile richards. thank you for joining me. donald trump has been talking a lot about planned parenthood and praising planned parenthood. i know you do not support him for president, but do you like that he is defending the role that planned parenthood plays? cecile: what he says flex where the american people are. what mr. trump is saying is very disingenuous. he praises our work and on the other handsets if you were president, he would end the ability of folks to come to us for health care. you cannot have it both ways. mark: you could exist as an organization without any government funding. cecile: we've been around for 100 years. we are looking forward to doing this work for another 100 years. it is dangerous when politicians start putting their own political agenda ahead of the well-being of folks in this country and access to health care and that is what we ar

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planned parenthood president cecile richards denouncing the candidate on twitter. the march for life, a group that wants to overturn "roe v. wade" agreeing. >> we would not advocate any form of punishment for a woman who has made such a desperate and sad choice as abortion. >> reporter: donald trump virtually alone on the issue politically, from his republican rivals. >> i don't think that's an appropriate response, and it's difficult enough situation and to try to punish somebody. >> reporter: to his supporters like hardline anti-abortion rights conservative mike huckabee. >> from a standpoint of pro-life i don't see any value in punishing the woman, and i have to believe that as he thinks through this, we're going to hear a very different answer. >> reporter: trump himself says he's, quote, evolved on the issue, telling tim russert in 1999 -- >> i'm very pro-choice. >> reporter: hours after the chris matthews exchange, the trump campaign issued a full walk-back trying twice to clarify his words stating if abortion was illegal the doctor or any other person perfor

. ♪ the: here with me is president of planned parenthood cecile richards. praising latin america. ke the fact prominent republican is defending the role of planned parenthood? cecile: what he's saying is reflecting where the american people are. one in five women in america has been to us for health care. what he is saying is very disingenuous because on the one hand he praises our work but then he says that he was president would end the ability of people to come to us for health care. he can't have it both ways. ank: but you could exist as organization without any government funding. cecile: we been around for 100 years. it is really dangerous when politicians begin putting their own little agenda ahead of the well-being of people in this country. that is what we are seeing. unfortunately this republican presidential primary as every candidate saying they would end access to legal abortion. that doesn't reflect where the american people are. there seems to be no political upside in the context of the republican party for donald trump to praise the group. do you think that this is

and cecile richards denounced trump on twitter. this is man who does not care about the health and safety of women. and from the head of march for life, a group that wants to overturn roe v. wade -- >> we would not advocate any form of punishment for a woman who's made such a desperate and sad choice as abortion. >> after the interview, trump released a statement fully walking back his remarks stating if abortion was illegal, quote, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible not the woman. the woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb. my position has not changed. like ronald reagan i'm pro-life with exceptions. >>> well, this all comes as a new poll taken before last night's town halls knows -- shows cruz ahead of trump in next week's wisconsin primary. trump is polling behind both cruz and john kasich in support among women in the state. while on the democratic side, sanders is ahead of clinton by four points which is a slight increase from february. >

. >> cecile richards, the president of planned parenthood issued this statement and i'll read it to you. this is a man who genuinely does not care about the health and safety of women only about his political ambitions. i want to give you a chance to respond. >> this is planned parenthood, the organization that has been chopping up baby's body parts so they can go out and buy new lamborghinis. so they don't -- >> mr. trump says he supports planned parenthood -- >> i'm almost there, wolf. i'm almost there, wolf. >> he says he supports preponderance, he says he supports funding planned parenthood to do abortion, but he says they do very important work. >> i'm almost there, wolf, we do support the idea of life saving procedures like cervical cancer screenings, but this organization to this day still continues to perform abortions, so they have no position to weigh in on particularly the life of the child. a lot more people in this country are pro life too, as science and technology advances, particularly with late term abortions u hillary clinton is the extremist when it comes to abortion,

sot cecile richards -presidenta, planned parenhood "creo que los argumentos de hoy fueron muy claros.mentar estas restriccionesepto para quse les mujeres tener abortos." "i think the case was made so clearly today that the state had absolutely no reason today to pass these restrictions other than to make it impossible for women to access abortion services." en frente la corte supre. favon por su pte, el subfcal generade texas asura que lasnors mujeres. la salud de las sot pro scott keller "el punto en este caso es - puede texas establecer regulacieválidas pa mejorar laseguridad de los paci cuando más de 210 mujeres son hospitalizadas anualmente por abortos. texas si lo puede hacer. "the issue in this case- is can texas enact valid pnt regulatns and prove safety?:07) and when over 210 women annually are hospitalized due to abortion, texas can."rack: esar de que lmaxima coe 1973, durante ultima dada, acvistas por loderechos de las mujeres aseguran que estados conservadores como texas, michigan, misuri y virginia, han interpuesto obstaculos legales para impulsar su agenda "pro-vida". sot

cecile richards | president, planned parenthood: "the american medical association acog and every other national reputable medical organization has said these laws have no no impact on improving the health of women but in fact they are hurting women by making it difficult for them to access health care." care." the supreme court's decision will have nationwide justices could ask for more fact-finding -- which would delay a decision until next year. the now's todd walker is in texas... where the last abortion clinic in the southern portion of that state is the battleground for this latest fight over abortion rights in the u-s. this little clinic opened two years before roe vs. wade.. and has seen daily protests over years.. including today.. as its owners fight to stay open.. to continue safely providing what pro-choice advocates say is a crucial service. going inside this clinic normally includes running a gauntlet of people who want to see it gone. 7:43:47 please don't go in therefor florine deleon.. 7:43:51 you have other choices they can help you at the pregnancy center :54there is n

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. >> senator, i know yesterday that planned parenthood, cecile richards, not enthusiastic, acknowledgingf questions, open questions about reproductive rights. does that issue give you any pous from wh pause from garland's record. >> i want to look at his positions, but for me, what's really important here is the fact that he is someone that is known as being fair. that he has had the respect of democrats and republicans. you look at some of the comments they've made in the past, the fact that he received the votes of senator hatch and senator mccain, senator collins, senator cochran, senator roberts, people who have been here a long time. with senator hatch once saying, challenge anyone to come to say why he wouldn't be a good nominee. so i will look at the record, and i have not made a decision yet. like everyone else, i plan on meeting with him next week. but what i think is important here is that we need to is a hearing to ask those questions. yes, i will ask those questions at a private meeting. but my constituents have a right to know his answers. >> let me just ask you the question

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