that is part of the reason i was dalrymple wouldernor veto the bills. cost the state to put it to vote. we could put it to good use during education funding or child care funding grant there are so many needs and do it in court seems like not a valuable use of money. >> the personhood amendment, explain. >> it is terrifying. there are medical and advances that have enabled us to do in- vetro fertilization. i have many friends that have grandchildren because of this wonderful medical advancement. my husband gave his brother a kidney. as a result, brother-in-law is alive. this kind of legislation could prevent that and of life decisions could be excluded so that you would be kept alive whether you chose to or not. you would have no control over your life. so the embryo gets citizenship bill is terrifying. >> i want to go to a clip of the so-called personhood amendment that would endow fertilized eggs with all the rights of u.s. citizens. this is the first time both the state house and senate have approved such a measure that would effectively outlaw abort

wade, but governor dalrymple isn't letting that minor detail stop him.says "although the likelihood of this measure surviving a court measure in question this is a legitimate attempt by a state legislature to discover the boundaries of roe vs. wade. this measure is one of many attempts by north dakota's republican-ruled legislature to "discover the boundaries of roe vs. wade." the state passed a measure that defines life beginning at concept. it would question the legality of birth control and in vitro fertilization. it may seem like north dakota's lawmakers want to clamp down on abortion clinics, but the number of abortion clinics is exactly one. for a legislature intent on protecting life, no matter what settled law dictates, it's regulations are inconsistent at best. for example, in north dakota, drivers are not required to wear a seat belt. and while all eyes may be focused on the state, what happens in north dakota does not stay in north dakota. all over the country, anti choice groups like personhood usa are targeting states with republican control

according to dalrymple the bill is an effort to test the boundaries of roe v. wade at the state level. >>> secret service had its first-ever female director. president obama has selected veteran agent julia pearson. pearson became a secret service special agent in 1983 and most recently served as the agency's chief of staff. she will take over for mark sullivan who announced his retirement last month and whose tenure was plagued with criticism after agents were accused of soliciting prostitutes while on assignment in colombia last year. >>> let's go over to the weather where midweek nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now. how's it look? >> good morning. love your location there. nice shot this morning. also waking up to a band is never a bad thing, is it? as far as the weather goes today, as you head out the door, we have clouds and showers, and that will be about it. not a lot of bad weather. high clouds move into southern california and arizona to some filtered sunshine for you. and a little weak storm is still spinning just off the coastline of oregon. t

north dakota's republican governor jack dalrymple signed into law the most restrictive abortion bill including one that forbids abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. did north dakota win the race to the bottom in regards to women's health? elon, you're a man. i'll go to you. [ laughter ] >> i know when i think about abortion -- here's the thing. am i shocked? i can't pretend i am. this sounds about right because they've been constantly coming up with ways to restrict women in better and bigger ways. they only have one abortion clinic in the entire -- so in that one place if you're going to do anything, let's make it really super hard. we don't particularly care for vagina americans. we're going to do whatever we can to make it uncomfortable for them. >> john: tina, is it possible -- >> you don't know what i'm going to say. >> my body my mind. you don't know. >> john: i had no idea you were going to say that. here's the thing. is it possible these guys know this is going to be tied up in appeals for years to come? >> you're trolling. they're trolling to get to the supreme

governor dalrymple has managed to mang north dakota the most unsafe state in the country for women's >> there's a legislation pending in florida which would define life at fertilization. >> that's exactly right. >> i don't know whether that's going to go through the florida legislature or not, but that's another example, is it not? >> that's the same legislation, or ballot initiative that will be in north dakota as well. essentially a personhood initiative that would declare a fertilized egg to have the same rights as a human being and this is something that's so extreme it was defeated handilly by the vot voters in mississippi. for some reason ewe can't get away from the war going on against women. and what we're hearing from planned parenthood supporters is enormous alarming and that somehow women's rights would depend on their zip code and that's what's frighten about what's happening in some of these states. >> and governor mcdonnell of virginia has announced a procedure which would basically keep abortion out of the coverage from the state's federally funded, federally run healt

attempt by the state legislature to discover the boundaries of roe versus wade, that's from jack dalrymple basically to see how far they can push this, jill? >> i think that's right, chris. they're tossing it out there to see what happens. these are true believers, but it doesn't make the rest of the pro-life or anti abortion movement very happy because they have a definite legal strategy and it doesn't involve putting out cases that will almost certainly be struck down and then you'll wind up reinforcing roe versus wade. >> we looked at the numbers from naral, 425 bills they are tracking now. 209 of them, it would limit abortions. what's the strategy? >> well, i think jill has got it exactly right. some parts of the pro life movement are not at all happy with the progress made on overturning roe versus wade. so they are trying to see what is permissible, trying to test the court. other parts like the catholic church and other parts of the pro life movement think this could be overreaching. there's this jousting within the movement about how -- what is the best way to approach the e roe v.

governor jack dalrymple acknowledged it's a direct challenge to "roe v. wade," the u.s.reme court ruling that legalized abortion. dalyrmple also signed the nation's first law banning abortions based on down syndrome and other genetic defects. the supreme court of indiana has upheld the broadest school voucher program in the nation. a unanimous decision today rejected arguments that the law mainly benefits religious institutions that run private schools. unlike most states, indiana's program extends not only to the poor, but to middle-class families as well. in cyprus, several thousand students protested in nicosia, a day after the country secured a $13 billion international bailout. the deal calls for cyprus to shrink its banking sector and impose heavy losses on large depositors. today protesters marched on parliament and the presidential palace. they waved signs and chanted slogans against the austerity measures, and the financial toll they're expected to take. >> they've just eliminated all our dreams, everything we worked for, everything we achieved up until now what

the bill now goes to the state's republican governor, jack dalrymple.poses abortion, but has not said whether he would sign the bill into law. a compounding pharmacy in augusta, georgia is recalling all of its injectable medicines after an inspection by the food and drug administration. earlier this week the same pharmacy recalled the drug avastin, when five patients got serious eye infections after using the medicine. f.d.a. inspectors found issues at the pharmacy that call into question the sterility of its drugs. the president of myanmar declared a state of emergency in several townships after fighting between buddhists and muslims left at least 20 people dead. the city of meikhtila was covered in thick, black smoke as firefighters raced to put out fires set by rioting mobs. and police fanned out and seized machetes and hammers along the way. ethnic violence has spread in myanmar over the past two years, when decades of military rule ended and the country turned toward democracy. the parliament of cyprus adopted laws today to create a solidarity fund

north dakota's republican governor dalrymple signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in theix weeks to ban abortions. when he signed it he admitted legally it probably is not going to stand up to a legal challenge. i want to show you there's been a lot of movement and they're all in red states on this issue of banning abortion at certain times, at 20 weeks or less. that's the map we have on the board of all the states that have done 20 weeks or less, an abortion ban. every single one of them, by the way, states that were carried by mitt romney. peggy noonan. this issue of abortion. as gay marriage falls as an issue that maybe it's now splitting republicans a little bit -- you can see jeff flake, he was uncomfortable just talking about the issue. abortion and the life movement could be what motivates evangelicals again, could it not? >> i don't know. actually that's not my question. here is the thing. this issue will not go away, abortion. it is a constant agitating of the american soul. you mentioned the legal move that was made in one of the states to cut off abortion after