Videos Discuss Antiabortion Threats, Benefits Of Health Reform For Women

The following summarizes selected women's health-related videos.

 Maddow Examines Violent Threats: On Tuesday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow discussed a potential connection between violent anti-government threats and antiabortion-rights activism. Maddow reports that a Washington man was arrested after leaving anti-health-reform messages that called Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) a "baby killer," while a Texas man was charged for threatening to use physical force to stop a Dallas clinic from performing abortions. The segment also includes an interview with Zachary Roth of Talking Points Memo, who noted that many abortion-rights groups reported an "uptick in this kind of violent language and rhetoric" after the murder of abortion provider George Tiller last year. However, it is not entirely clear if the two men who were arrested can be linked with the antiabortion-rights movement, he added (Maddow, "The Rachel Maddow Show," MSNBC, 4/8).

 Richards Discusses Health Reform: In an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown," Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards said that although abortion-rights groups "didn't like" the abortion restrictions in the health reform law, the "important thing is this is going to expand health care coverage for millions of women and their families." She added that the health reform debate helped remind abortion-rights supporters that "we don't have a pro-choice Congress" (Todd/Guthrie, "The Daily Rundown," MSNBC, 4/1).


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