. >> shawna, also, there will be a lot of attention on the republican responses. that's plural these days. not one, not two but three. >> reporter: definitely. so the first one that everyone's going to talk about is representative cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington state, the highest ranking women in the house of representatives and giving the official response after the spth finished. the reason she is giving it is she's powerful and she is a woman and she was holding her baby and working on the state of the union speech. she won't talk aboutly ly bibi rape. we have two more. senator mike lee, tea party and senator rand paul. shawna thomas with the state of the union update and the responses that will follow, good to see you as always. thanks so much. >>> as we head toward the president's state of the union address, the white house instagram account is releasing pictures of the behind the scenes prep. jay carney gave insight on the president's process. >> he very much looks forward to it and he himself and the members of the team take the honor and responsibili

shawna gave birth to three children at this hospital.so many women says using an epidural first left her feeling too numb. >> i wasn't able to know when i was having a contraction. i didn't know when i should push. i didn't know when i should breathe. >> reporter: by the birth of her second child, she chose a painful natural birth. so by the third she chose nitrous oxide. >> when i had the nitrous oxide, i felt like i could feel the pain but distance myself from it. >> shawna's doctor says that's the idea. >> it does take the edge off and there's a little bit of a i don't care factor, similar to going to the dentist, so a woman who is very anxious, it decreases anxiety. >> reporter: this is gaining popularity among midwives especially and a handful of hospitals are bringing back nitrous oxide for an option. but some are saying it is not necessarily a safe option. >> women very often think they want a low intervention birth, this is not the way someone should go if what they are really trying to find is something they consider to be safer

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. >> reporter: shawna's doctors say that's exactly the idea. >> it does take the edge off and there'sto when you go to the dentist, a woman is anxious decreases her anxiety. >> reporter: though nitrous oxide is gaining popularity among midwives especially and a handful of hospitals are bringing back the gas as an option but some doctors argue the method is too dated and not necessarily a safer option. >> women very often think that they want a low intervention birth. this is not the way that someone should go if what they're really trying to find is something that they consider to be safer and it certainly isn't better. >> reporter: still, laughing gas disciples like shawna warn not to laugh it off just yet. for "good morning america," amy robach, abc news. >> we went to the people. we asked our viewers, would you try laughing gas in the delivery room? let's get some of your trees right now? here's one, rather than an epidural? heck, yes. i would have tried it. and then ashley says "i think it's a nice alternative to help calm a mom who doesn't want other drugs, i would consider it" s

. >> shawna. >> he's the suspect in the -- you know. >> yeah. >> that's two cases for him. >> yes. >>found enough evidence to make a strong case against the suspects. but the find of the day was made by officer de la rosa. >> i don't have anything to say, really. >> hopefully the stuff we are going through, you know, we might get lucky and find enough information about the assault, just a little more evidence to pile onto it. i am confident that those guys are going to do some extra time for that. they are going to spend a lot of time in the shu. you know, we're always excited to get a weapon out of there. that's almost better than the rest of this. so it's a good morning. >> even though this case is almost closed, the isu's work is far from over. >> by the time you finish up one, you know, you've already got two or three more stacked up in front of you. so finishing this one up and moving on. >> these people do a pretty darn good job in here every day, and they do a darn good job in a very difficult environment. much to the frustration of my wife, when i come in, i don't like to reli

me now to take a look at this latest in the battle in the war on women, ultra violate cofounder, shawnamas. thanks to you both for joining me. >> thank you. >> daniella, i want to start with you. they just don't learn. this is the thing. 70% of americans actually support access to abortion. yet, this is the first thing out of the gate that they make a priority. >> it's amazing. that gop rebranding is really going well. i really couldn't believe when i saw it. not again. all males again. i don't know who's doing their polling. all the polling we have done shows women really care about things that will help them in their every day lives. if they want to help women, they need to be fighting for childcare and paid leave. >> i want to play sound from the hearing. none other than steve king used the hearing to mock a witness who spoke about the huge financial hardships that the legislation would impose on women. let's take a listen. >> while it may not seem like a big expense to a member of congress, in these tough financial times for many people, abortion care costs more than their monthly r