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David Bransfield, a state outreach coordinator for Young Invincibles, a group which supports President Barack Obama's health care law, talks with student Philippe Komongnan, 27, who is in the process of signing up for health care, at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. An army of workers and volunteers has fanned out around the country trying to enroll young and healthy people in health insurance now available through Obama’s signature law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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David Bransfield, a state outreach coordinator for Young Invincibles, a group which supports President Barack Obama's health care law, works on his computer at a table set up to sign people up for health care at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. An army of workers and volunteers has fanned out around the country trying to enroll young and healthy people in health insurance now available through Obama’s signature law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Rep. Scott Ecklund, R-Brandon, left, a physician and sponsor of the bill to provide prenatal care to immigrant women who are not citizens, speaks during a committee hearing Thursday, Feb 6, 2014 in Pierre, S.D. The South Dakota House Health and Human Services Committee passed a measure Thursday that would provide prenatal care to low-income women who are in the country illegally. The bill would authorize an expansion of Medicaid services for pregnant women who didn't previously qualify because of their legal status. Supporters of the measure say it will increase the survival rate of children and save the state money in the long term by providing preventative care. Behind Ecklund at right is Rep. Bernie Hunhoff, D-Yankton, and next to Hunhoff is Pediatrician and neonatal specialist Dr. Lawrence Fenton. (AP Photo/Jill Kokesh)
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Rep. Scott Ecklund, R-Brandon, a physician and sponsor of the bill to provide prenatal care to immigrant women who are not citizens, speaks during a committee hearing Thursday, Feb 6, 2014 in Pierre, S.D. The South Dakota House Health and Human Services Committee passed a measure Thursday that would provide prenatal care to low-income women who are in the country illegally. The bill would authorize an expansion of Medicaid services for pregnant women who didn't previously qualify because of their legal status. Supporters of the measure say it will increase the survival rate of children and save the state money in the long term by providing preventative care. (AP Photo/Jill Kokesh)
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Kansas state Rep. Allan Rothlisberg, a Grandview Plaza Republican, speaks during a committee debate on a bill protecting groups, businesses and indivduals refusing to provide goods and services for gay weddings, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Rothlisberg supports the measure. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Rep. Allan Rothlisberg, left, of Grandview Plaza, watches as Rep. Shanti Gandhi, right, of Topeka, asks a question during a committee debate on "religious freedom" legislation dealing with gay marriage, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The two Republicans are split over the bill, which Rothlisberg supports and Gandhi opposes. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Holly Weatherford, left, lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, and Tom Witt, right, lobbyist for Equality Kansas, the state's leading gay-rights group, confer during a legislative committee meeting on gay marriage legislation, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Their groups oppose the measure, viewing it as discriminatory. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
