contributes to child abuse and neglect, that statement according to republican wisconsin state senator glenn grothman and he's sponsoring a bill which reads in part and promoting those campaigns of materials the child abuse and neglect board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect. that bill has sparked some angry comments online, no word yet on what chances it has of actually becoming law, but it does give us a chance to spark some conversation, especially in light of some of the things going on in that presidential campaign in an age where there are nearly 14 million single parentings out there raising nearly 22 million kids. is it fair to stigmatize the whole group as contributing to neglect and abuse or is it just common sense to point out that two married parents are better than one? send us your thoughts, mcginty's mailbag, mailbag at wusa9.com or get on our facebook page. >>> the u.s. senate voted today to keep a controversial obama administration birth control rule in place. now that rule which is part of the president's healthcare plan requir

that wants to label thing all mothers in the state as child abusers now here's the bill's author glenn grothman explaining the reasoning behind this bill. i think most of those mothers would try and they could do a better job if they were married to the father of their children. oh man there are just so of anything that i would like to say in response to that but let's move on to the next part because that bill in and of itself is already old news the grommet has been getting a lot of negative publicity over the bill which has been thrust in the national spotlight but looks like co-sponsored on pride more didn't want to miss out on all the fun so just listen to his response when it was consonant porter asked if he thought that women in abusive relationships should stay for the sake of the children. hard to get catch that pride more things that women who are being abused should really find the reason they get back to why they got married in the first place i should be a really helpful coping tool for all the women and men so forget them to have spouses who choose to beat the crap out of them in

republican state senator glenn grothman served on the state's child abuse and neglect prevention boardnd has written a bill that says -- and i quote -- "the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect." to say that struck a nerve would be the understatement of the week. we're pleased that senator grothman is with us now from madison to make his case. senator, you're not married yourself. you don't have kids. on what do you base your claims about unmarried people with kids? >> statistics from the united states department of health. i know there are many, many wonderful single parents out there. you've got to look out and be aware, if you choose this lifestyle, you've got to watch out for what happens to your kids. frequently because of what's done by the new boyfriend or new girlfriend in your life. right now in the united states, if you have a child raised by a mother or father with their boyfriend and girlfriend, that child is 20 times more likely to be a victim of sexual abuse than a child raised with their natural mother and father