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joining me now is planned parenthood action fund president cecile richards. th us. >> sure. >> what are the options? are you going to go to court to try to overturn the arizona law? >> well, andrea, thanks for having me on. i can't believe we keep talking options. the bill was just signed last week. it is extraordinary to me in the state of arizona where actually planned parenthood was a co-founded by peggy gold water, strong republican support, and that in fact the governor has decided to sign a bill that would now potentially eliminate services, preventive care services for 4,000 women in the state of arizona. >> of course as you have been pointing out abortion services are 3% of what planned parenthood does. explain to viewers again what it is that -- what's at stake here for women? terms of preventive health and screenings? >> absolutely. we're the largest women's health care provider in the country. we provide 3 million women with service it is every single year. we're the 90% of our services are preventive care. last year we provided birth control to mor

the president of the pact cecil richards says there's no greater champion for women's health it's president obama. the contrast with romney could not be bigger. he is against abortion except in rape, incest and if the wife of the mother is in dapger. they banned abortion years ago. there's a question how much voters really care about all of this. the economy has dominated the debate so far. mitt romney is making serious gains in the polls with women. there's new abc news "washington post" poll about president obama still the better overall favor ability rateling 11 points higher than romney's 41. romney narrowed that gap by 21 points in one month. women have made all of the difference. even though president obama still has 51 percent favor ability with women compared to 40 percent with romney, romney is up 13 points with women in personal popularity since women. obama is down with women, planned pair represent today is kicking off one of the largest campaigns on his behalf. >>> peter doocy, thank you so much. an interesting one. there are a whole lot of ladies we just want to put food on th

. >> cecile richards, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> you bet. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> thanks, ed. >>> today was an historic day in civil rights in this country. >> i've always been adamant that gay and lesbian americans should be treated fairly and equally. and i was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people, you know, the word "marriage" was something that evokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs, and so forth. at a certain point, i've just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> president obama speaking today with robin roberts of abc, making remarks that were both highly anticipated and that nobody was quite sure he was going to say, until he actually said them. there has been no ambiguity about whether or not this administration supports the advancement of gay rights as a matter of policy. b

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[applause] >> i have to say i am honored to have the opportunity to introduce cecile richards. she has served as the head of planned parenthood since 2006. every year nearly 200 centers nationwide, this 95-year-old organization provides family planning, reproductive, and sexual health care to nearly 3 million people. during her tenure, she has expanded the organization's advocacy for access for health care. she has led a nationwide campaign to preserve access to planned parenthood's preventive care through federal programs. she started the youth initiatives program that trains young people each year in leadership skills and health care advocacy. she is invested in private -- planned parenthood online, a web site that provides mobile access to health information and is visited by 33 million visitors every year. under her leadership, the number of planned parenthood supporters has doubled reaching a total of 6 million people. before joining planned parenthood, richards served as the deputy chief of staff for nancy pelosi. in 2004 she founded and served as president of america vot

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