{"id":91453,"date":"2016-04-01T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T19:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=91453"},"modified":"2016-04-01T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T19:04:18","slug":"clinton-and-sanders-spar-over-who-is-more-committed-to-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/clinton-and-sanders-spar-over-who-is-more-committed-to-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinton and Sanders spar over who is more committed to abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"\/news\/pro-lifers-react-to-trumps-claim-that-women-should-be-punished-for-abortions\/\">recent comments<\/a> about punishing women for getting abortions have had an unexpected side-effect: instigating a spat between the two Democratic candidates over their commitments to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/dc\/clinton-sanders-trump-abortion\">dismissed<\/a> the controversy by saying, &#8220;&#8221;Any stupid, absurd remark made by Donald Trump becomes the story of the week. Maybe, just maybe, we might want to have a serious discussion about the serious issues facing America.&#8221; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded by suggesting he meant abortion itself was a &#8220;distraction.&#8221; &#8220;We need a president who is passionate about this,&#8221; she continued, &#8220;seeing it as a top priority because women\u2019s health is under assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abortionprocedures.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88619 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg\" alt=\"levatino-ad-LAN\" width=\"306\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/levatino-ad-LAN-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A number of Clinton&#8217;s pro-abortion supporters concurred. NARAL President Ilyse Hogue said, &#8220;We need a president who will be a champion in protecting women\u2019s access to health care, not one who will dismiss the importance of this issue,&#8221; while EMILY&#8217;s List President Stephanie Schriock accused Sanders of &#8220;show[ing] he just doesn\u2019t understand the challenges women face in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Sanders <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/sanders-clinton-abortion-attack\">responded<\/a> by reiterating, &#8220;I am 100 percent pro-choice and will defend women&#8217;s right to choose [&#8230;] Do I believe its a serious issue? I&#8217;ve been spending my entire political life fighting for the right of a woman to control her own body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What Secretary Clinton did is take things out of context,&#8221; Sanders lamented.<\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News has previously covered, <a href=\"\/news\/rubio-right-call-hillary-clinton-pro-abortion-even-due-date\/\">Clinton<\/a> and <a href=\"\/news\/closer-look-pro-abortion-radicalism-bernie-sanders\/\">Sanders<\/a> both have 100\u00a0percent\u00a0pro-abortion voting records and platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump&#8217;s recent comments about punishing women for getting abortions have had an unexpected side-effect: instigating a spat between the two Democratic candidates over their commitments to abortion. 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