"A Profound Disagreement:" Clinton Breaks the Political Sound Barrier"

[Captain_Nemo]

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/04/23/a-profound-disagreement-clinton-breaks-political-sound-barrier

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check
April 23, 2009 - 2:17pm

Yesterday was a day to go down in history.

It was the day that Hillary Clinton broke the political sound barrier.

It was the day that someone, finally, after many years of dissembling by so many, stood up to the perpetual hot air balloon that is Congressman Chris Smith and revealed that he has no more power in the face of facts than did the fabled Emperor with no clothes.

It was the day Clinton spoke the truth and thereby shattered the myth that has existed for so long that we could talk about family planning, reproductive health, women's rights, women's health or even human rights, and not say the word "abortion." It was a day in which the issue of safe abortion services as a fundamental component of women's health and rights was put back on the US foreign policy table.

To Smith's question as to whether the Obama Administration would be seeking to "overturn pro-life laws" in Africa and Latin America, Clinton replied firmly and without apology: