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43. Hillary Clinton: I Could Compromise on Abortion
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 07:00 PM
Feb 2016
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.

Video of statement


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?
we saw this repeatedly in Bill's administration...moving to the right, to find "common ground" nashville_brook Feb 2016 #1
Yep. Merryland Feb 2016 #2
and it's so recent -- 2015. this isn't a common ground, erm Clinton-gains issue. nashville_brook Feb 2016 #5
right - that it's so recent is pretty surprising. Merryland Feb 2016 #7
Trust lsewpershad Feb 2016 #26
Beats me. The last candidate hifiguy Feb 2016 #36
It doesn't matter to the Fan Club. hifiguy Feb 2016 #30
And yet PP has endorsed her... AzDar Feb 2016 #3
cliches are designed so that anyone challenging them is deemed the bad guy MisterP Feb 2016 #60
I was accused of being "some guy on the Internet" who is stupid Fawke Em Feb 2016 #111
Another day, another calumny against Hillary Clinton DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #4
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
I don't care who endorsed her. It's her own words. Merryland Feb 2016 #10
You clipped her comments. She was referring to late term abortions. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #16
Thank goodness, I was worried for a minute. As to late term abortions, BTW, randys1 Feb 2016 #81
trust away -- and with that will go your rights. nashville_brook Feb 2016 #13
here's Bill Clinton on abortion, in his own words --> nashville_brook Feb 2016 #8
The Supreme Court never intended abortion to be available in the third trimester... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #11
That would be the Supreme Court Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #14
The fucking Supreme Court does NOT have the right to make medical decisions. Period Arazi Feb 2016 #19
I will defer to the wisdom of NARAL and Planned Parenthood. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #23
They shouldn't be in the middle of that decision either Arazi Feb 2016 #25
Ad hominem attacks DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #27
You're saying someone should be in the middle of that medical decision Arazi Feb 2016 #31
My thoughts are in Post 39. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #45
You've got to be a man, or religious, or maybe both Arazi Feb 2016 #47
Favoring the right to choose DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #55
No, the Supreme Court allowed states to decide whether or not kiva Feb 2016 #66
You clipped my quote DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #69
Please read the information I included in my post. kiva Feb 2016 #71
I support abortion rights. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #74
It was her body ablamj Feb 2016 #77
All liberal democracies... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #79
I don't have to point to one ablamj Feb 2016 #80
Liberal democracies DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #82
What makes you ablamj Feb 2016 #85
Because we are not atomized individuals living alone on an island. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #87
No ablamj Feb 2016 #88
Let's get back to the topic... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #89
Her body ablamj Feb 2016 #90
We are at impasse. Please have a nice day. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #92
. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #92
That's why ablamj Feb 2016 #94
That was a software error. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #95
Whatevs nt ablamj Feb 2016 #96
Have a nice day./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #97
Oregon. jeff47 Feb 2016 #102
If you do not support certain kinds of abortion, you are not pro-choice. (eom) HassleCat Feb 2016 #110
There is some seriously sanctimonious horseshit. hifiguy Feb 2016 #41
One more time, Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #12
exactly. thank you. Merryland Feb 2016 #15
We live in a nation that is governed by the rule of law. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #20
Not up to me angrychair Feb 2016 #33
She would never have found a doctor to do it but you knew that Arazi Feb 2016 #35
Then we agree ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #39
No, we absolutely do NOT agree Arazi Feb 2016 #46
That choice is nobody's business but your mother and maybe her doctor. A Simple Game Feb 2016 #49
The problem with your question is this - haele Feb 2016 #98
Either a woman controls her body or she doesn't Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #118
She is "open to" gun control, except when she isn't. Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #28
Her words are perhaps measured by internal polling? iwannaknow Feb 2016 #75
well..that makes it all better noiretextatique Feb 2016 #17
That, frankly, is bullshit. morningfog Feb 2016 #103
I stand by everything I said and I would literally rather have a stroke than retract it./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #106
You didn't say anything, you quoted Hillary. morningfog Feb 2016 #107
I support the scheme/schedule established in Roe V Wade. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #109
Noticeably absent in your answer is consideration of morningfog Feb 2016 #112
I would support a Constitution Amendment that incorporated the scheme/schedule in Roe./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #113
Okay. That's bullshit. morningfog Feb 2016 #114
I literally couldn't care less... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #115
No contempt for you. I wish you nothing but health and morningfog Feb 2016 #117
This is probably the most ridiculous thing I have ever read on DU. boston bean Feb 2016 #18
Yes she does. Merryland Feb 2016 #21
pure unadulterated bologne. boston bean Feb 2016 #22
no. truth roguevalley Feb 2016 #44
I don't trust her. On this or anything. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #24
Pretending that Clinton doesn't vigorously and proactively defend women's reproductive rights BainsBane Feb 2016 #29
I will defer to you... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #32
I'll believe my own eyes and ears tk2kewl Feb 2016 #38
You beat me to it. Thanks eom Arazi Feb 2016 #42
any time tk2kewl Feb 2016 #56
No, you don't BainsBane Feb 2016 #63
it's a direct quote and on video tk2kewl Feb 2016 #67
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
"Safe, legal and RARE?" DirkGently Feb 2016 #65
adopting RW framing, such as the "rare" and moral hazard lens, leads to no good policy. nashville_brook Feb 2016 #70
it's simply another example of Hillary trying to be on all sides of an issue tk2kewl Feb 2016 #84
+1 kristopher Feb 2016 #99
Do you proudly stand with her openness to a constitutional amendment? morningfog Feb 2016 #104
I can't believe this!! luxpara4 Feb 2016 #34
A link would be damning. Elmer S. E. Dump Feb 2016 #37
Here's the interview: Contrary1 Feb 2016 #52
That's a massive distortion. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #40
It's a direct quote, and the video is in the post above yours. jeff47 Feb 2016 #105
Hillary Clinton: I Could Compromise on Abortion Oilwellian Feb 2016 #43
Her quote has to be seen in the context of a question about late term abortion and... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #50
It's a step down an exceedingly hifiguy Feb 2016 #57
I don't want to compromise with them... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #61
She also needs to stop talking MuseRider Feb 2016 #51
Thank you for your very honest & moving response Merryland Feb 2016 #59
class, race, situation, health, sexuality--they're not problems for her, they're buttons to push for MisterP Feb 2016 #62
So true. Thank you. Merryland Feb 2016 #64
I knew George Tiller MuseRider Feb 2016 #78
Bravo! hifiguy Feb 2016 #72
as far as restrictions DonCoquixote Feb 2016 #54
It's like her entire campaign strategy is "screw you Democrats, I will be the nominee anyway Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #58
permitted or not PatrynXX Feb 2016 #68
pro choice my ass another reason i would have trouble supporting her dembotoz Feb 2016 #73
Planned Parenthood can change its endorsement if enough of us make noise about it. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #76
The loathe is creeping in alongside the fear w/ HRC lastone Feb 2016 #83
Hillary's a Witch, "Yeah, she is, uh-huh." ..LOL Bill USA Feb 2016 #86
Glad you posted this article. leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 #91
K&R amborin Feb 2016 #100
Looks like the wind today is blowing floriduck Feb 2016 #101
Her position sounds pretty much in line with Roe v Wade Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #108
I thought this was the ONE ISSUE which Hillary would refuse John Poet Feb 2016 #116
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