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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary: I could compromise on abortion if it included exceptions for mother's health [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)30. Except this isn't the first time she said that.
She even used right wing terminology calling late term abortions "partial birth abortions":
Q: Are there circumstances when the government should limit choice?
LAZIO: I had a pro-choice record in the House, and I believe in a womans right to choose. I support a ban on partial-birth abortions. Senator Moynihan called it infanticide. Even former mayor Ed Koch agreed that this was too extreme a procedure. This is an area where I disagree with my opponent. My opponent opposes a ban on partial-birth abortions.
CLINTON: My opponent is wrong. I have said many times that I can support a ban on late-term abortions, including partial-birth abortions, so long as the health and life of the mother is protected. Ive met women who faced this heart-wrenching decision toward the end of a pregnancy. Of course its a horrible procedure. No one would argue with that. But if your life is at stake, if your health is at stake, if the potential for having any more children is at stake, this must be a womans choice.
Source: Senate debate in Manhattan , Oct 8, 2000
http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_Abortion.htm
LAZIO: I had a pro-choice record in the House, and I believe in a womans right to choose. I support a ban on partial-birth abortions. Senator Moynihan called it infanticide. Even former mayor Ed Koch agreed that this was too extreme a procedure. This is an area where I disagree with my opponent. My opponent opposes a ban on partial-birth abortions.
CLINTON: My opponent is wrong. I have said many times that I can support a ban on late-term abortions, including partial-birth abortions, so long as the health and life of the mother is protected. Ive met women who faced this heart-wrenching decision toward the end of a pregnancy. Of course its a horrible procedure. No one would argue with that. But if your life is at stake, if your health is at stake, if the potential for having any more children is at stake, this must be a womans choice.
Source: Senate debate in Manhattan , Oct 8, 2000
http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_Abortion.htm
If Bernie said something like that we'd never hear the end of it, he's always been 100% pro-choice.
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Hillary: I could compromise on abortion if it included exceptions for mother's health [View all]
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
OP
That was my response as well--Someone else said Hillary had said she would be
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#2
great example of history-free response. this poster *could* be a Millennial, post-90s
nashville_brook
Mar 2016
#21
It's not any nth-dimensional chess. It's politics. Diplomacy among an enemy in our midst.
randome
Mar 2016
#28
Why can't we have a candidate who says exactly what she means, directly, without any
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#23
because the idiots will be alienated. she left wiggle room to leave it between a woman and her doc
bettyellen
Mar 2016
#35
I don't even think it's a signal, just political blather. bettyellen said it best above.
randome
Mar 2016
#40
summary = a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#82
In before the accusations that it wasn't what she meant or it was out of context
Matt_in_STL
Mar 2016
#3
It's a dangerous slippery slope argument to be open to compromise on this.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2016
#51
The life and health of the mother. Would that include just not wanting to be pregnant?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#5
books? internet? if you're interested in reproductive rights, it only takes a few hours to
nashville_brook
Mar 2016
#16
And mind you, this isn't some ancient embarrassment dredged up from the distant past.
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#13
bcz there's a special place in Hell for women who don't support other women
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#15
Clinton is going to betray EVERYONE who supports her now, on multiple issues!
Peace Patriot
Mar 2016
#19
I, for one, welcome the all wise Hillary selling off my personal control over my own body.
Zorra
Mar 2016
#22
Wait til she weighs in on slavery, immigration, and allowing Muslims here.
ChairmanAgnostic
Mar 2016
#62
Yup, Roe v Wade is already fragile. Hillary can't be trusted to keep it safe nt
riderinthestorm
Mar 2016
#78