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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Rachel Maddow Explains to Mitt Romney How Birth Control Works

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Last night Rachel Maddow showed a clip of a "hero" voter who asked Mitt Romney an important question: Does he want to outlaw birth control?

This is an issue because Romney supports so-called "personhood" amendments, in which fertilized eggs are considered people. Not only does this type of legislation effectively ban abortion (Roe v. Wade be damned) -- it could also lead to bans on hormonal birth control, as well as murder investigations of women who miscarry. So if Romney supports personhood amendments, does that mean he also wants to ban some forms of birth control? Read more

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