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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary: I could compromise on abortion if it included exceptions for mother's health [View all]
From an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd that apparently was broadcast the week of September 29, 2015 on MTP Daily.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/09/29/hillary_clinton_i_could_compromise_on_abortion_if_it_included_exceptions_for_mothers_health.html#ooid=N1ODF1dzpHyB52_cmPb77qDHRLMY2We_
CHUCK TODD: Are there reasonable restrictions that you would ever support on abortion?
HILLARY CLINTON: I've said that there were.
CHUCK TODD: What are they?
HILLARY CLINTON: And that's under Roe v. Wade, that there can be restrictions in the very end of, you know, the third trimester. But they have to take into account the life and health of the mother.
I remember in '96, Chuck, my husband vetoed a very restrictive legislation on late-term abortions. And he vetoed it at an event in the White House where we invited a lot of women who had faced this very difficult decision that ought to be made based on their own conscience, their family, their faith, in consultation with doctors. Those stories left a searing impression on me. You know, women who think their pregnancy is going well and then wake up and find some really terrible problem, women whose life is threatened themselves if they carry their child to term, and women who are told by doctors that the child they're carrying will not survive.
And so, you know, again, I am where I have been, which is that, you know, if there is a way to structure some kind of constitutional restrictions that take into account the life of the mother and her health, then I'm open to that. But I have yet to see the Republicans willing to actually do that. And that would be an area, where if they included health, you could see constitutional actions.
https://www.nbcumv.com/news/hillary-clinton-tells-chuck-todd-her-organizing-principle-%E2%80%9Cdefend-our-security-our-interests
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Hillary: I could compromise on abortion if it included exceptions for mother's health [View all]
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
OP
That was my response as well--Someone else said Hillary had said she would be
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#2
great example of history-free response. this poster *could* be a Millennial, post-90s
nashville_brook
Mar 2016
#21
It's not any nth-dimensional chess. It's politics. Diplomacy among an enemy in our midst.
randome
Mar 2016
#28
Why can't we have a candidate who says exactly what she means, directly, without any
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#23
because the idiots will be alienated. she left wiggle room to leave it between a woman and her doc
bettyellen
Mar 2016
#35
I don't even think it's a signal, just political blather. bettyellen said it best above.
randome
Mar 2016
#40
summary = a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#82
In before the accusations that it wasn't what she meant or it was out of context
Matt_in_STL
Mar 2016
#3
It's a dangerous slippery slope argument to be open to compromise on this.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2016
#51
The life and health of the mother. Would that include just not wanting to be pregnant?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2016
#5
books? internet? if you're interested in reproductive rights, it only takes a few hours to
nashville_brook
Mar 2016
#16
And mind you, this isn't some ancient embarrassment dredged up from the distant past.
Lizzie Poppet
Mar 2016
#13
bcz there's a special place in Hell for women who don't support other women
TheDormouse
Mar 2016
#15
Clinton is going to betray EVERYONE who supports her now, on multiple issues!
Peace Patriot
Mar 2016
#19
I, for one, welcome the all wise Hillary selling off my personal control over my own body.
Zorra
Mar 2016
#22
Wait til she weighs in on slavery, immigration, and allowing Muslims here.
ChairmanAgnostic
Mar 2016
#62
Yup, Roe v Wade is already fragile. Hillary can't be trusted to keep it safe nt
riderinthestorm
Mar 2016
#78