women and men in the country, support this ben fit efit. >> thank you, cecile richard. julian carmone. read erin carmone's reporting on the lastword.msnbc.com. in a major victory for governing sanity, the obama administration is beginning to follow the advice of this program and -- and rewrite the irs rule on 501 c 4 organizations so that they will no longer be abused as vehicles for political campaigning. and, in the rewrite tonight, a christian school has threatened to expel this 12-year-old girl because the the school authorities don't like her hair style. now when you look at a picture -- of jesus christ's hair -- the answer to the question what would jesus do seems kind of obvious. and later, france, france, has pick a fight with my neighborhood. that's right, the french government has decided to specifically attack dorchester in writing. you have me and mike wahlburg to deal with, france. dorchester will be defended tonight by me and a couple of my dorchester buddies. ya know, with new fedex one rate you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. how naughty was he?

we won't take life. >> cecile richard. what is your rinse to thesponse? >> just incredible. everyone is entitled to their religious views, certainly. this law has exempt,s for places of worship. the question here is really whether a corporation and, and owner of a corporation, for-profit corporation can impose their own religious views on their employees. this is a company that employs thousand across the country, who man of whom, i am sure rely on birth ironically, not only for preventing unintended pregnancy. many rely on birth control pills for a host of medical reasons. this really would be ground breaking for the supreme court to find that a private, for profit, employer can make personal medical decisions for women, rather than letting women make their own decisions with their doctors. >> what is your reaction to the president of hobby lobby saying the stance they're taking is, these are his words, we won't take life? >> again, as cecile says. he is entitled to his beliefs. in terms of the science it is not substantiated in fact. emergency skon tcontraception ps ovulat

cecile richards of planned parent hood said this is outrageous regarding texas and unacceptable and demonstrates we need stronger federal protections for women's health and abilities to make your own medical decision should not depend on your zip code. that is the fear, that we are looking at from governor perry's reaction, to the vote in albuquerque, the state by state battles. >> that's right. that's why the measure that senator blumen thal and chu introduced in congress is so important. this is the women's health protection act, the federal government stepping in and saying we need to make sure women everywhere in this country have not only the legal right but the reality to be able to access the reproductive health care they need. this is a proactsive step to make sure these types of state and local measures don't undercut women's access to health care. >> thanks so much for joining ugs today. we greatly appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> the obama administration self-imposed deadline for fixingth health care exchange website is ten days away. first read team says there's evidence the ad

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> i know i just promised you cecile richards but we lost our satellitenection to her in texas. we'll try to get her back. >>> in the spotlight tonight president obama and the clintons. >> but would you acknowledge that senator obama and senator edwards are both prepared to be president? >> well i think that that's up to the voters to decide. >> you're likeable enough. >> thank you. >> give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairytale i've ever seen. >> we're just getting warmed up. now -- >> assertions made by senator clinton as well as her husband that are not factually accurate. >> and then using tactics right out of karl rove's playbook so shame on you barack obama. >> she compared our campaign to karl rove. >> what about the obama handout covered up implying that i was a crook. >> i endorse him and throw my full support behind him. >> i have known hillary clinton as a friend, a colleague. i had no doubt that hillary clinton is the right person to lead our state department. president clinton, you need to appoint him secretary of explaining st

joining me now is the president of plan the parenthood federation of america cecile richards and msnbc.com national reporter erin carmone. this is a very pro-choice conversation we're about to have. i want to start with you, cecile, and talk about the broader implications of these cases. >> well, i think you hit on it in the beginning. for women, birth control is the most common medical prescription in america. 99% of women use it. so when these objections are being made to birth control, i think it's really confusing for women. for women, birth control is not a religious issue. it's actually a health issue. many women, in fact, use oral contraceptives for things other than preventing unintended pregnancy. it's also an economic issue. i think this has really gotten lost in this story. if you are a minimum-wage worker, working at a national craft -- arts and crafts company and you're paying $600 for birth control, not covering it is a big deal. it's an economic issue. >> erin, the other thash strikes me, there was a citation of citizens united in this, and this sort of question of are corpo

cecile richards, the president of planned parenthood says if they rule in favor of the corporations, the ruling will open the door to businesses denying coverage based upon their owner's personal beliefs, denying coverage for treatments like vaccines, surgeries, blood trans trans fusions or mental healthcare. constitutional law expert katherine frankie says the case has implications far beyond the affordable care act. >> for-profit companies are asserting a right to religious liberty when their owners are the ones who possession that right. but they are using the right to religious liberty as a way to carve out non-compliance with civil rights that are well established under the constitution or are well established as public norms against discrimination. >> hobby lobby's case is one of at least 40 lawsuits filed in federal court challenging birth control coverage benefits mandated in the affordable care act. tony? >> all right. this is going to be an important case to follow in the months ahead. we will get a decision probably in june, i believe, from the supreme court. randall, appr