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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton takes a PRE-Roe v Wade position on abortion [View all]Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)43. Hillary Clinton: I Could Compromise on Abortion
HILLARY CLINTON: My husband vetoed a very restrictive legislation on late-term abortions and he vetoed it at an event in the White House where we invited a lot of women who had faced this very difficult decision, that ought to be made based on their own conscience, their family, their faith, in consultation with doctors. Those stories left a searing impression on me. Women who think their pregnancy is going well and then wake up and find some really terrible problem. Women whose life is threatened if they carry their child to term, and women who are told by doctors that the child they're carrying will not survive.
Again, I am where I have been, which is that if there's a way to structure some kind of constitutional restriction that take into account the life of the mother and her health, then I'm open to that. But I have yet to see the Republicans willing to actually do that, and that would be an area, where if they included health, you could see constitutional action.
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Again, I am where I have been, which is that if there's a way to structure some kind of constitutional restriction that take into account the life of the mother and her health, then I'm open to that. But I have yet to see the Republicans willing to actually do that, and that would be an area, where if they included health, you could see constitutional action.
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I'd like to know what she is willing to compromise and what constitutional action she'd like to take. The laws are already in place that protect the health and life of the mother. What is Hillary talking about?
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we saw this repeatedly in Bill's administration...moving to the right, to find "common ground"
nashville_brook
Feb 2016
#1
and it's so recent -- 2015. this isn't a common ground, erm Clinton-gains issue.
nashville_brook
Feb 2016
#5
in 2005, Hillary Clinton referred to abortion as a “sad, tragic choice to many, many women."
nashville_brook
Feb 2016
#6
I trust NARAL and Planned Parenthood did due diligence before endorsing her.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#9
The Supreme Court never intended abortion to be available in the third trimester...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#11
The fucking Supreme Court does NOT have the right to make medical decisions. Period
Arazi
Feb 2016
#19
If you do not support certain kinds of abortion, you are not pro-choice. (eom)
HassleCat
Feb 2016
#110
I stand by everything I said and I would literally rather have a stroke than retract it./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#106
I would support a Constitution Amendment that incorporated the scheme/schedule in Roe./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#113
Pretending that Clinton doesn't vigorously and proactively defend women's reproductive rights
BainsBane
Feb 2016
#29
OK, I get that Planned Parenthood is rah-rah Hillary - so how do you interpret this:
Merryland
Feb 2016
#48
pretending that we came out of the first Clinton admin better than we went in
nashville_brook
Feb 2016
#53
adopting RW framing, such as the "rare" and moral hazard lens, leads to no good policy.
nashville_brook
Feb 2016
#70
Her quote has to be seen in the context of a question about late term abortion and...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#50
class, race, situation, health, sexuality--they're not problems for her, they're buttons to push for
MisterP
Feb 2016
#62
It's like her entire campaign strategy is "screw you Democrats, I will be the nominee anyway
Feeling the Bern
Feb 2016
#58
Planned Parenthood can change its endorsement if enough of us make noise about it.
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2016
#76