fundamentalism particularly within the republican party and a more recent book the means of reproduction sex power and the future of the world documents the fight for women's reproductive rights around the planet and that vocal on the j. anthony lucas work in progress or currently she is the senior contributing writer at the daily beast and newsweek it was to say she brings in the light and perspective to many of the issues we're tackling both at home and abroad today so i'm pleased to welcome from our new york studios michelle goldberg michelle welcome to the program. thanks so much for having me thanks for joining us what motivated you or motivates you to do the work you do and take on the topics you. why don't i narrow it down i can tell you a little i've always been fascinated by religion and idiology you know i grew up in buffalo new york my first political experience was standing head of arm in arm outside of our city's abortion clinics which were targeted by operation rescue when i was in high school so that was a kind of very intense introduction of politics and also really satisfy anyone