On The Rachel Maddow Show, the rights of women and the LGBT community are discussed in the context of recent developments in Virginia. Representative Bob Marshall recently said that children born with disabilities are God’s punishment for abortions and is using this argument as a reason to cut state funding for Planned Parenthood. Maddow pairs Marshall’s statements with the news that newly-elected Virginia Governor Bob McDonell issued an executive order earlier this month that allows sexual discrimination by state agencies.

Nation columnist Melissa Harris-Lacewell joins Maddow to talk about the “stunning” developments in Virginia and what could happen in the future. Harris-Lacewell explains that liberals must take a stand because so far the Democrats and the federal government have been lax on both issues.

“We’ve got to…say listen, issues of pregnancy termination are issues of women’s health,” Harris-Lacewell argues. “And we’ve got to say that these terms are completely unacceptable…we need one standard of citizenship.”

—Morgan Ashenfelter

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