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Thanks for staying with us I'm Laura Ingraham in for Bill O'Reilly and any unresolved problem segment tonight.
Just -- -- not the so called war on women debate was over.
Last night's moderator Martha Raddatz might have reignited the issue with a question about abortion and face.
-- We'll see how a person can separate their public life -- their private life or from their faith.
Our faith informs us and everything we -- my faith informs me about how to take care of -- vulnerable.
About how to make sure that people.
Have a chance in life.
Now.
You are asked basically -- pro life.
It's not simply because of my Catholic faith.
That's a factor of course but it's also because of reason and -- I accept money.
Church's position on abortion -- but we -- they treated doctor.
Life begins at conception that's the church -- judgment I accepted my personal life.
But I refuse to -- and I'm equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews.
I just refused to impose that on others.
Let us now from Los Angeles Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall.
And from Denver Marilyn Musgrave a vice president at the Susan B.
Anthony list organization.
Which is a pro life group.
All right ladies let's so let's get a crack at this let's let let's start with you what do you make of this late abortion question was basically at the end of the debate.
After we discussed Afghanistan -- tax policy Medicare social security and then came mess.
Well actually I think it was a good question it in I don't think it was resurrecting the warm women because I think the warm women is still going on and I don't think it's been dead and buried.
I think especially because these are two Catholic man.
And this is an issue that obviously is very emotional.
That is very divisive.
But in our nation in there are people who do -- just based on pro life or pro choice.
Candidates and and I thought it was very good for to get that one of the things I loved about both honestly of their answers.
Is it was so on -- -- for both of them.
And that I felt very heartfelt and I've bought both of their answers I thought it was very honest and I concur with vice president Biden's answer -- I'm -- lowest -- take away from NASA and -- bomber Roman Catholic and I kind of and I just kind of recoiled a little bit about what down Vice President Biden sat him and I understand he says personally he accepts that judgment.
But he's not gonna really do anything to forward the judgment of of his own church which isn't really what the church says we should -- -- I had.
Well first of all this administration could not be any more extreme on abortions.
And Joseph Biden saying that he didn't want to force his beliefs on other people really.
What about the health and human services mandate.
Where religious institutions and employers.
Are forced to subsidize abortion inducing drugs.
What about Obama care the largest expansion of abortion since Roe vs.
Wade.
This administration could not be any more extreme on abortion and I agree with -- I'm very glad the question was asked.
Because while Americans are becoming more and more pro life the policies coming from this administration.
Could not be any more -- strain.
-- -- the Catholic bishops actually came out.
Strongly today and they statement was kind of unusual after Aaron vice presidential debate but they cannot strongly.
Rebuking the vice president for what he said about that HHS mandate saying.
There is absolutely no meaningful accommodation.
Two Catholic universities other religious charities are Catholic hospitals and didn't indeed we still have to subsidize through premium support.
-- policies that about allow for the use out -- and give or board -- patient drugs and contraceptives.
Sterilization procedures -- -- -- this is against our religious liberty concerns.
And the vice president simply wrong on that so.
He he -- to say I stand with my church but then the top church officials -- United States came out today and -- I cannot get this right.
They're obviously selling the Obama administration has wow.
The -- It's gonna say that this is no surprise I mean they have a suit against this administration and they have said not only to the vice president today what they said but to John Kerry who was a Catholic as well I years ago which is basically if you're not it in and lying in stat even as a politician.
Who serve the general public who are not all Roman Catholics will then you know we you know you're not with -- Spain if you're not with us you're against us.
I I would disagree.
That quite frankly that the country's becoming quote more pro life what I think we have -- people called -- that's what my son Derek -- that the very much like myself I would never choose to have an abortion I I know it was so that it is adopted a child thirteen IVF cycles that I went -- -- -- -- kids.
So I I would never do that -- rockets hit the choice to wait for you to do with your body something -- did not choose for myself and it goes beyond abortion in my.
And am glad I'm Bob Paul Ryan's take on sesame he'd been out -- -- he had to confront the issue of rape and incest and he said he goes along with -- that Romney.
Formulation on -- switches rape incest you know we're not gonna stand in the way like the motherboard yeah Matt yeah life of the mother.
Exceptions which is different from modesty what the Catholic Church -- and Latin Paul Ryan believes -- look -- -- his he's not the top of the ticket he's vice presidential pick.
-- is and he's talking about actual policies that have been introduced in the facts of the matter again this is the most extreme.
President on abortion that we've ever had opposing.
At any restrictions on abortion at all late term abortion.
Sex selection began infant born alive -- Americans really are the majority of Americans really are pro life and polling shows that.
Get the policies coming out of this administration could not be any -- it's Irish Ryan brought up the -- aren't alive infant protection now I know I have -- -- -- -- Atlanta Britannia ladies we appreciate Barack Obama's state senator.
Thanks so much.
