I'm not going to argue. I am going to lay it on the line. Abortion...

[Maddy McCall]

If you don't support a woman's right to control her own fertility, then you are not a progressive. You are not a liberal. You are not even a Democrat, by my definition. Period.

Relegating women to second-class citizenry is no different than saying that African Americans deserve less than full citizenship.

I won't bend on women's right to choose. Not one iota.

The only people of whom I am intolerant are those who say women should sacricifice their rights "for the good of the party." It's a slippery slope you tread, and I won't join you on it.

As a matter of fact, the day the Democratic party drops women's rights from its platform is the day I leave this party. And millions of women and men will leave with me.

And I am not going to bend on this, and I won't discuss this with anyone who wishes to.