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Showing Original Post only (View all)BBC: Bernie Sanders in climate change 'population control' uproar [View all]
The question was about: "Empowering women and educating everyone on the need to curb population growth seems a reasonable campaign to enact."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49601678
Mr Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination to face President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election, replied: "Well, Martha, the answer is yes.
"The answer has everything to do with the fact that women in the United States of America, by the way, have a right to control their own bodies, and make reproductive decisions.
"The Mexico City Agreement which denies American aid to those organisations around the world that allow women to have abortions or even get involved in birth control to me is totally absurd.
"So I think, especially in poor countries around the world where women do not necessarily want to have large numbers of babies, and where they can have the opportunity through birth control to control the number of kids they have, is something I very, very strongly support."
"The answer has everything to do with the fact that women in the United States of America, by the way, have a right to control their own bodies, and make reproductive decisions.
"The Mexico City Agreement which denies American aid to those organisations around the world that allow women to have abortions or even get involved in birth control to me is totally absurd.
"So I think, especially in poor countries around the world where women do not necessarily want to have large numbers of babies, and where they can have the opportunity through birth control to control the number of kids they have, is something I very, very strongly support."
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Totally disagree ... this is one the greatest things I've ever seen Bernie take up
mr_lebowski
Sep 2019
#32
Well I agree with Bernie for a change. Birth control should be available to all women who want them.
wasupaloopa
Sep 2019
#6
No that is a misguided interpretation. He never said anything like that. The story writer said it.
wasupaloopa
Sep 2019
#15
Exactly. Reducing population growth is literally the ONLY THING that will even begin
mr_lebowski
Sep 2019
#34
Fifteen countries are responsible for more than two thirds of global CO2 emissions
dalton99a
Sep 2019
#49
pregnancy prevention is a better term, wonder why bernie chooses not to use it nt
msongs
Sep 2019
#17
I'm surprised a good "democratic socialist" like Bernie didn't come back with the fact that
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2019
#18
Humans are causing overly rapid climate change. "Overpopulation" is not.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2019
#21
There are plenty of radical solutions to those problems that don't require controlling a person's
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2019
#46
See, the problem some people have is Bernie never mentioned "Population control" nor did he
Autumn
Sep 2019
#50
What Bernie actually said doesn't fit their narrative, so they will find anything to twist like
Autumn
Sep 2019
#54
AND that is exactly what Bernie said. He said NOTHING about "Population control" and you ignore
Autumn
Sep 2019
#55
the biggest is women's rights and equality. you don't need to focus on population itself
JI7
Sep 2019
#25
I find myself agreeing with the exerpts from what Bernie said. Mostly. He displays ignorance about
Hekate
Sep 2019
#37
Well I am glad to hear that, at least. The Hyde Amendment was a compromise from back in the day
Hekate
Sep 2019
#65
Quite right. Educating girls has been long overlooked. A couple of facts that blew me away...
Hekate
Sep 2019
#42