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.
STFU Hillary you baby killing, lying evil Biotch.
You don’t want PP to shut down because that would make your Margaret Sanger award more meaningless.
I hear ya.
So the argument (so strongly made by Democrats) that an attempt to shut down PP or deny it taxpayer funding will result in American women being denied healthcare because PP's services are unavailable anywhere else, is a bald-faced lie.
How convoluted is that?
Planned Parenthoods is not even a Govt agency. So not funding a private sector company gets a govt shutdown? I say go ahead— lets have this fight already. You got that ScareCrow McConnell?
Republicans are not trying to “take down PP,” they’re just trying to end taxpayer funding for it.
Good to see you on this site, 4Runner!
Who buys that? I don't.
And I’m sick of liberals murdering children - over 57 million to date: that’s the equivalent of 57 football stadiums filled with 100,000 people.
Hillary, what about MEN'S HEALTH? SEXIST are you?
Hillary: Can’t Understand Normal Thinking! (Yes, I will keep using this until I am thrown off FR)
“Burn in Hell you bitch!”
Worry not, she will.
I guess she’s not sick of living fetuses being CHOPPED UP FOR SALE OF THEIR BODY PARTS?
Really, bitch, that’s interesting, because they haven’t tried to do that even once.
The Republicans need to do a better job of publicizing this fact. The Democrats have the low information crowd convinced that Planned Parenthood is the only place where women can get health services. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Also, we need to stop referring to these people as "pro-choice", and start calling them "anti-life." As Rush has often said, words mean things.
She uses that phrase an awful lot.
“I’m sick of this” and “I’m sick of that”
It’s like nails on a blackboard.
Well, Madam Secretary, we have a limited time to make child sacrifice illegal and bulldoze the altars. Otherwise the Creator will do it. Your choice.
I’m sick of evil witches standing on mountains of dead babies
shrieking “I have a right, I have a right!”
It's pretty bad when former communists in russia are PAYING people to have babies, and we use government financing to kill babies, and then sell off their body parts. Un-effing-believable.
Illinois Freepers. Let Gov. Rauner know how you feel about Planned Parenthood in Springfied on October 24, 2015.
http://illinoisfamily.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IFI_Jericho-Prayer-March1.pdf
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