. >> karolina wanted to have her baby, but when she was younger, she had an abortion.hard decision. poland is staunchly catholic, and it's not easy for a woman to seek a termination. now, the rightwing, national-conservative government is considering making it completely illegal. >> tightening the law will only lead to more personal tragedies. i know what women in that situation are prepared to do. i considered taking desperate measures myself. it's hard to explain, but i would have deliberately risked my life. i just wasn't in a position to have a baby at that time. >> karolina felt she was too young to become a mother, and she knew she and the father wouldn't stay together. but in poland, neither factor is considered a valid reason to terminate a pregnancy. at a clinic, karolina encountered an anti-choice activist. >> she said she wouldn't allow me to have an abortion. it was so awful in the waiting room. there were heavily pregnant women and mothers with their newborns. she followed me around, pushing me towards the children and putting my finger in their tiny hands

. >> karolina wanted to have her baby, but when she was younger, she had an abortion.d decision. poland is staunchly catholic, and it's not easy for a woman to seek a termination. now, the rightwing, national-conservative government is considering making it completely illegal. >> tightening the law will only lead to more personal tragedies. i know what women in that situation are prepared to do. i considered taking desperate measures myself. it's hard to explain, but i would have deliberately risked my life. i just wasn't in a position to have a baby at that time. >> karolina felt she was too young to become a mother, and she knew she and the father wouldn't stay together. but in poland, neither factor is considered a valid reason to terminate a pregnancy. at a clinic, karolina encountered an anti-choice activist. >> she said she wouldn't allow me to have an abortion. it was so awful in the waiting room. there were heavily pregnant women and mothers with their newborns. she followed me around, pushing me towards the children and putting my finger in their tiny hands. a

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and she looked wonderful but then i think to some of the later dinners when she wore a dress by karolinait was still quite a grand dress, there was a -- i think an informality to it. it felt more like glamorous sportswear as opposed to a full sort of head-to-toe look. >> what do you think the impact has been of her choices for these state dinners on the role of first lady but also on -- some have called them diplomatic art, on diplomacy. >> well, you know, i this i the first thing is we all want to be proud of the people who are in the white house and in that way we want to be proud of their hospitality, we want to -- we want them to put their best f forward so very simply she's presented herself in a way that i think makes most people feel like, yeah, we can stand up on the world stage alongside of folks from france and italy where, you know, the notion of fashion is really something that's embedded into their culture, the other part of it is that these are really momentous moments that, you know, the photographs are going to go into the history books and for any design house that is en

>> you know, i thought the karolina herrera dress was particularly elegant. in many ways it was rather traditional but i'm also really fond of the last one that she wore by brandon maxwell and in part that's simply because it was such a surprise. and, you know, i think one of the things that she does quite well and that one of the reasons why people are sort of eager to see what she's going to wear is because she doesn't just go with design houses that have been around for decades. she doesn't go with sort of the tried and true, the vetted designers. brandon maxwell had -- hasn't even been in business for more than a year. jason woo, who she wore twice for her inaugural gowns had not been in business very long when she first reached out to him. so i think that's really nice to see because she really is supporting small businesses in the true sense of the word. >> robin givhan, thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. >>> join us today at 6:30 p.m. eastern for the white house state dinner for italian prime minister matteo renzi. our live coverage includes the