Democratic Party Draws A Line In The Sand On Abortion Rights

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48. I disagree

The policy is pro-choice, not proliferation of abortion. It allows women to make their own choices, including not to have an abortion. Why not make family planning services adequate enough to avoid unwanted pregnancy? Hillary is a fierce proponent for women's rights and reproductive choice. She hasn't declared it a distraction from "what really matters." She isn't using her public profile to signal that women's rights are optional.

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

She stood up for abortion rights before the GOP Senate that had power over her confirmation as Secretary of State. She talked about the connection between poverty and lack of access to reproductive care. She made clear in no certain terms it would be part of US foreign policy under her leadership and she kept that promise.

Nor is she in the process of convincing her supporters to abandon abortion rights. She understands poverty and absence of equal rights are linked. That point should be obvious, but Bernie manages to pretend they are merely divisive "cultural wars." It is looking increasingly like calls for economic justice are geared not for all but for demographic that already makes 2-5x the median income at the expense of greater poverty for women and children. That is not justice but greater inequality.