Democratic Party Draws A Line In The Sand On Abortion Rights

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"If we are going to protect a woman's right to choose, at the end of the day we're going to need Democratic control over the House and the Senate, and state governments all over this nation," he said. "And we have got to appreciate where people come from, and do our best to fight for the pro-choice agenda. But I think you just can't exclude people who disagree with us on one issue."


But that call for pragmatism doesn't mesh with the main message Sanders has been delivering this week: a call for a more aggressive and progressive Democratic party. In the same interview, he blamed Republican gains at the state and federal level on "the failure of the Democratic Party to have a progressive agenda, to bring people into this party, to mobilize people."

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524962482/sanders-defends-campaigning-for-anti-abortion-rights-democrat


We are seeing more and more men acquiesce to or promoting of the abandonment of equal rights under the guise of progressivism. It's becoming increasingly apparent that the calls for economic justice are not justice at all but an effort to promote the increased wealth of one demographic at the expense of civil rights and greater impoverishment for women.