i guess you have to be a certain age to get the phyllis schlafly reference. she was not our friend. [laughter] so let s start with the scary stuff. how does that word make you feel? [laughter] i used to feel the same way, and what was my darkest fear? ending up drooling under a bad botanical print in some grim institutional hallway. and then i learned that the percentage of americans over 65 in nursing homes is two-and-a-half percent, and it s dropping. even for people over 85, it s only 9%. what else was i worried about? dementia. but if you substitute that two-and-a-half percent in nursing homes, 90% of the remainder is cognitively fit. alzheimer s is a terrible disease, but it is not a typical part of aging. even as the population ages, dementia rates are falling significantly. there s more cases of alzheimer s because the number of older people in the population is growing, but the odds of anyone in this room getting dementia have dropped significantly, and we re getting diagnosed at later ages. the real epidemic is anxiety over memory loss. [laughter] i also assumed that old pe

back then, there were only phyllis schlafly forums, which single-handedly defeated the equal rights amendment to my but they didn't seem so effective in the media battles in the '90s. on any tv report, you would have little to left-wing women and spower students making their points, and then a very pretty, slightly fussy woman in a dress that would make a conservative case and it would be on relatable. iw avenue intended to be an organizationf that reflected the real lives of and concerns of today's women. we believe all issues are women's issues from the economy to child care policy to the regulatory state to revolution. if it matters, we are on it. caunder the leadership of carrie lukas, who will be tonight's interlocutor, iwf has grown like wildfire. in the past decade we've added the independent voice, political action arm and adjust this year the independent women's network, the national cyber networking operation that will build grassroots groups across the country. plus we have a legal center by first rate attorneys and as soon assets a little better funded it will start suing people j

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back, then there was only phyllis schlafly's eagle forum. which had single-handedly defeated the equal rights amendment. no mean feat. but they didn't seem so effective in media battles in the 90s on any tv report. you'd have liberal to left-wing women and power suits making their points and then a very pretty slightly fussy woman in a dress. would make the conservative case and it would be unrelatable. iwf intended to be an organization that reflected the real lives of and concerns of today's women. believe that all issues are women's issues from the economy to child care policy to the regulatory state to revolution if it matters we're on it. under the leadership of carrie lucas who will be tonight's interlocutor? iwf has grown like wildfire in the past decade. we added the independent women's voice the political action arm. and just this year the independent women's network a national cyber networking operation that will build grassroots groups across the country. plus, we now have a legal center staffed by first rate conservative female a

and the face of this alleged pro-life movement was very phyllis schlafly.of women across the country. for the women who don't have, until november to way i've seen across social media their groups organizing. i've seen companies coming out saying that they will pay the resources for women who have to cross state lines to get abortions. but is that an option for everyone? and if it's not an option, then what happens to women who are pregnant and in crisis? what will they do? because most women i would argue, will not carry a child to term if that is not what they want to do. they will find a way. >> well as i said tiffany, there is a network of organizations, groups, working together to ensure that patients can get the care they need. patients can go to abortion finder.org, to identify appointments. there's the national network of abortion on state and by resources and help a patient allegation, but the reality is the system isn't set up to absorb the entire country. we are talking about a little less than half of the country, we are taking all of the patien