2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where is Bernie Sanders on Gender Justice? [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)When the post says:
"I took a look through his platform recently, and I didnt exactly see women represented there. For one, most of the policies that would disproportionately benefit women (equal pay, paid family leave, paid vacation, and paid sick days) are housed within the Real Family Values section, a classification that implicitly characterizes womens rights as valuable only insofar as they benefit a larger family unit."
Rather than attempt to frame this as a negative, why not see it as a legitimate contrast between the "family values" rhetoric of the GOP, which is nothing of the sort, and look at this as a Democratic "family values" plank?
The Hyde Amendment also prohibits any Federal health plans from covering abortion, and has done so since 1984. Where are ALL the Democrats on this? Generally silent.