{"id":86280,"date":"2016-01-25T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T21:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=86280"},"modified":"2016-01-27T14:06:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T19:06:28","slug":"sanders-backpedals-says-planned-parenthood-not-establishment-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sanders-backpedals-says-planned-parenthood-not-establishment-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders backpedals, says Planned Parenthood not &#8220;establishment&#8221; after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Self-described\u00a0Socialist Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is attempting to make amends with Planned Parenthood just days after criticizing the abortion giant as part of the &#8220;political establishment&#8221; for endorsing his primary rival Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sanders backpedaled,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/266719-sanders-clarifies-controversial-remarks-on-planned-parenthood\">telling<\/a> NBC News that he did not intend to insult Planned Parenthood, and even took back the accusation that they were part of the establishment: &#8220;No. They aren\u2019t. They\u2019re standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Senator from Vermont then released a statement to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade in which he said, &#8220;I join with Planned Parenthood, NARAL and all Americans who have been fighting the never-ending attacks on women\u2019s right to choose.&#8221; At a campaign rally on Friday, Sanders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/01\/bernie-sanders-abortion-218123?cmpid=sf#ixzz3y1uPSAYC\">added<\/a> that he was &#8220;a very strong supporter of Planned Parenthood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News <a href=\"\/news\/sanders-hits-establishment-planned-parenthood-endorsing-clinton\/\">reported<\/a> last week, Sanders&#8217; original comment was meant to explain why Planned Parenthood endorsed Clinton instead of him, casting them as part of the &#8220;establishment&#8221; his candidacy was challenging. The remarks set off an uproar of pro-choice criticism of both candidates, with Planned Parenthood, Clinton, and NARAL all chastising Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>However, the conflict is not indicative of actual policy differences between the two, as Clinton and Sanders both have 100% pro-abortion voting records according to Planned Parenthood and NARAL. On his campaign website, Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/berniesanders.com\/issues\/fighting-for-womens-rights\/\">pledges<\/a> that he would not only maintain but increase Planned Parenthood&#8217;s federal funding, and would only appoint judicial nominees supportive of <em>Roe<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-described\u00a0Socialist Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is attempting to make amends with Planned Parenthood just days after criticizing the abortion giant as part of the &#8220;political establishment&#8221; for endorsing his primary rival Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":82065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[3581,19,4288,611,5106,603,14],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sanders backpedals, says Planned Parenthood not &quot;establishment&quot; 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