I've been told my equal rights just aren't pragmatic

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75. PP of Nebraska did not give Mello a 100% rating

PPVN, the political arm of the family-planning organization, pushed back on the claim that it gave Heath Mello a 100 percent rating. The group’s scorecard from 2011 shows Mello “voting against Planned Parenthood’s position on three votes ― all abortion related.”

“Planned Parenthood Voters of Nebraska has never endorsed Heath Mello for public office nor has Planned Parenthood Voters of Nebraska given Heath Mello a 100% rating, as some media outlets have erroneously reported,” the group said in a statement.

“Heath Mello has introduced and supported anti-choice legislation during his time at the Nebraska Unicameral, and Planned Parenthood Voters of Nebraska strongly opposed him when he took such actions,” the statement continues. “Over the course of Heath Mello’s campaign for Omaha Mayor he has said loud and clear he supports Planned Parenthood and wants to protect the work we do. Although he has not started that conversation with us, our door is always open and we welcome the opportunity to start a productive dialogue on how Heath Mello can help us promote and protect access to women’s health care in Nebraska.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/omaha-mayoral-candidate-under-fire-says-he-would-never-do-anything-to-restrict-access-to-reproductive-health-care_us_58f8e868e4b018a9ce590a84


My apologizes for misreading your comment about division.

You are not understanding that economic justice cannot exist without reproductive rights for women and equal rights more broadly. Women earn less than men. Single women with children experience high rates of poverty, and evidence is conclusive that the absence to reproductive rights and services plunges them deeper into poverty. There can be no economic justice without equal rights. What is left is privilege for white men at the expense of the increased impoverishment of the majority. That should not be difficult to understand, particularly for someone who has been in DC for decades and heard all kinds of testimony on the issue.