joining me now is cecille richards, the president of planned parenthood. it is striking that the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade, there are no women alive before roe v. wade knew a world in which there was not the opportunity. >> and the nbc poll is fascinating. it really shows there is consistent support in this country for a woman making her own decisions, and among the next generation, consistently the same belief. that women, not politicians should make their personal decisions about their health care. >> and when you see that 9%, on what is the paul ryan, the no exceptions position on abortion, the abortion that was held by all of those crazy republicans who tried to justify it this year by saying things like, well, you know in rape, the female body has defenses against pregnancy and rape, and all that

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. >> jonathan, we heard cecile richards just now saying the demographics of this country have changedlation to these matters. that still doesn't appear to have sunk in to the republican party or, indeed, to other conservatives around the country who wish to push forward with this kind of antagonistic approach to women. >> well, i mean, i think it gets to, you know, cosmically speaking the whole gerrymandering issue. you have people in elected positions coming from districts that don't, you know, in the aggregate reflect the state reflect the communities that, you know, where they come from. and i'm saying broadly speaking. so you could have a situation, as we had in the last, say, presidential election, where the country is -- you know, there are women, people of color, young people who are coming out hand making their voices heard, yet the people who are sent to washington to represent them in the congress don't reflect their views. we're seeing that also happening at the state and local level. >> jonathan capehart, sorry maria teresa, you can finish with a final word. >> when you lo

joining me now is the president of planned parenthood cecil richards.ou the chart that takes all of our breath away over and over again, and '73, you have the roe and then in the beginning of '85 and continuing forward, you have all of the states that are chipping away at it, and then the enormous spike in 2010-2011 of just coming for the rights that were initially secured by "roe v. wade" and what does that tell you? >> it tells you that in the 2010 elections that the tea party dominated those elections, and in fact, you look at the pugh research poll that came out this week, americans consistently and have for decades supported women's access to save and legal abortion and whether they call it roe or know the faname or no and that the united states representatives and sorry congresswoman, because i know you are doing everything that you can, but they are out of step with where the american people are, women and men. >> you say that the tea party came in 2010, but they did not come in on a pro life agenda and part of that is stunning is that they said