Kathleen Turner spoke about women’s reproductive rights, recent debate on abortion policy in the 2012 presidential campaign, and other issues. Among the topics she addressed were family planning programs, access to health care for low-income women, and Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Health Care Act which Mitt Romney promised to eliminate. She also answered questions posed by the audience and briefly talked about her role as the former columnist Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins.