Posted on 10/14/2015 2:44:54 PM PDT by NYer
LAS VEGAS, October 14, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – In one of only two references to abortion in the entire Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton lambasted Republican efforts to investigate Planned Parenthood and restrict abortion-on-demand.
"It's always the Republicans or their sympathizers who say, 'You can't have paid leave, you can't provide health care.' They don't mind having big government to interfere with a woman's right to choose and to try to take down Planned Parenthood," she said to boisterous applause from the Democratic audience.
"We should not be paralyzed by the Republicans and their constant refrain, 'big government this, big government that,' but except for what they want to impose on the American people," she said.
Tom McClusky, the vice president for government affairs at March for Life Action, responded, "Mrs. Clinton seems to feel abortion giant Planned Parenthood is a victim of big government. Correction, Mrs. Clinton: with over half a billion in taxpayer funds filling their coffers Planned Parenthood is big government."
The second reference to abortion last night came from former Rhode Island Governor and U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee, a onetime "pro-choice Republican" who is polling at one percent of the vote or less.
"I open my record to scrutiny. Whether it's on the environment, a woman's right to choose, gay marriage, fiscal responsibility, aversion to foreign entanglements, using the tools of government to help the less fortunate -- time and time again, I have never changed," he said." You're looking at a block of granite when it comes to these issues."
Abortion and family issues received scant coverage in the first Democratic debate, moderated by CNN at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas - something that upset both sides of the issue.
“Abortion is the human rights abuse of today and should absolutely be a bipartisan issue," said March for Life Education and Defense Fund President Jeanne Mancini. "It is truly sad that the life issues weren’t addressed head-on within the presidential debate last night, especially given that they featured prominently in the other two debates in recent weeks.”
The exclusion of social issues also irked many grassroots Democrats committed to identity politics.
"Clinton's remarks gained some of the biggest cheers of the night," Cate Carejo wrote at Bustle. "If the audience of the debate is any indication, the Democratic Party stands with Planned Parenthood and with Clinton, at least on reproductive rights."
Aside from a reference in Clinton's opening statement to "the continuing discrimination against the LGBT community," homosexuality issues were all-but unexplored, a marked contrast to CNN's Republican debate, moderated by Jake Tapper.
Moderator Anderson Cooper made one glancing reference when he asked Clinton: "You were against same-sex marriage. Now you're for it. You defended President Obama's immigration policies. Now you say they're too harsh. You supported his trade deal dozen of times. You even called it the 'gold standard.' Now, suddenly, last week, you're against it. Will you say anything to get elected?"
Otherwise, the five candidates - Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee - focused largely on economic and foreign policy concerns.
The most tweeted line of the evening came from self-avowed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, who said Hillary Clinton had been subjected to undue scrutiny over her e-mail server.
Federal authorities are investigating whether Clinton's use of a private server subjected national security secrets to the likelihood of espionage, as well as whether she tried to hide thousands of e-mail messages from Congressional inquiry.
"The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails," Sanders said. Clinton, visibly moved, left her podium to embrace the Vermont socialist.
Catholic ping!
Yeah, let’s get back to the important work of killing babies and selling their body parts. Its what makes America great!
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I am sick of you hil taking down this country. Way beyond sick.
Worried by Republicans trying to stop genocide.
Genocide? Eh, a woman has a right you know...
So defunding Planned Parenthood is “taking them down”?
She just admitted that the government is funding their abortion business, if they can’t survive without the funding, since that’s their only significant service.
And We The People of the United States are tired of YOU Mrs. Clinton and your fellow ‘RATS enabling and empowering ‘Planned Parenthood’ to continue murdering unborn children!
Margaret Sanger was a shameless, genocidal racist monster, and YOU are proud to have been given some award with your name on it?
Burn in Hell you bitch!
Planned Parenthood is population control to fight Global Warming(redistribution of wealth scam)
One day God will take you down she-devil. Thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire.
If its so precious, then why do leftist have to constantly use newspeak when talking about it?
“women’s health care”? Since when is abortion health care?
one organization is responsible for killing 400,000+ babies ... EVERY YEAR
you’ll pardon me if I’m not a Satan worshipping whoremonger
it’s bad enough I’m forced to pay for it with my taxes... they expect us to be quiet about it? oh HELL no!!!
shove it up yer clinton, cankles
I’m sick of Planned Parenthood murdering people.
...And yet what do they want to do to the NRA?
I wish Republicans could explain themselves better. They do such a poor job and the Carly uses a video from a miscarriage and muddles the discussion to make the Democrats look reasonable on the issue. It is frustrating. Then the Democrats say only 3 percent of planned parenthood perform abortions and the Republicans don’t come back and say ok well stop the 3 percent then. They are the worst at winning an issue.
We are sick of evil witches beyatchs who promote human sacrfice ! Hillary Clinton.
And we are sick of socialist Marxist pawns of Satan who want to de Throne God, Berney Sanders.
She’s always announcing that she’s ‘sick’ of something or other. Maybe she’s just sick.
Yeah, a woman has the right to murder a baby in her womb and she’s considered perfectly sane. But anybody who owns a firearm, or heaven forbid has a concealed carry permit, is considered mentally unbalanced and needs to be committed for mental health screening. /s
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