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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article sums it up for me well. If the question is one of policy and not identity, then Sanders is the real feminist in the race.

Clinton helped champion her husband's gutting of welfare funding which plunged hundreds of thousands of women and children further into the downward spiral of intergenerational poverty. She has been mostly silent on the abuse of women's rights in U.S. supported regimes like Saudi Arabia. She has put corporate interests first ahead of human (women's) rights. I don't even want to get started on NAFTA and TPP. I have always said that at least Clinton has been consistent on Planned Parenthood but this article points out that even her position on abortion, that is should be "safe, legal, and [i]rare[/i]" makes me wonder if she can also be swayed on this if it suits her politically.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kshama-sawant/bernie-vs-hillary-whats-a-feminist_b_9367996.html
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I must agree.[/quote]

I am not going to defend Hillary’s policies about anything since I am not really sure where she stands on anything.
But, to question one’s words about abortion being “rare?”  Really?  So, you don’t believe that the taking of an unborn life should be rare?  You think it should be frequent?  Or commonplace?  [/quote]

No, it should not be commonplace but the language that one chooses when reproductive rights are under attack is pretty important and that concerns me. The fact is that abortion is not "rare." That doesn't mean anyone wants more abortions but "rare" is a strange choice of words. Anyway, I really don't want to harp on that issue. Make of it what you will. [/quote]

I think "rare" is a fine choice of words if you look at her whole position.  Clinton's position is that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare BUT that contraception and sex education should be universal.  She wants abortion to be rare, only insofar as it is not necessary because people have access to the education and contraceptives they need not to become pregnant to begin with.  Because we know even the best contraception fails, abortion should be safe and legal.  [/quote]

As a very vocal pro-choice person, I absolutely agree that abortion should be rare. And the very last resort as a form of contraception. [/quote]

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