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riversedge

(70,346 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 12:54 PM Jan 2016

Hillary Clinton to Highlight Core Supporters on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Source: nytimes




Hillary Clinton to Highlight Core Supporters on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade


Protests in St. Paul, Minn., against the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22, 1973.Credit Associated Press

As the Democratic presidential primary race has taken a harsher turn in the last few days, Hillary Clinton will try to focus on the group of supporters she hopes will lift her candidacy — women — as she campaigns in New Hampshire.

Mrs. Clinton will appear at a dinner in Manchester hosted by Naral Pro-Choice New Hampshire, to celebrate the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. The dinner will also feature the state’s Democratic senator, Jeanne Shaheen.

(Mrs. Clinton is not the only candidate who will be focusing on the anniversary. Carly Fiorina, the only woman running on the Republican side and a candidate who has been deeply critical of Planned Parenthood, is scheduled to appear at a March for Life event in Washington, weather permitting.)

But for Mrs. Clinton, the rally is a chance to focus on her base of voters as polls show her losing ground to Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Mrs. Clinton has made protecting abortion rights a key component of her campaign and she has received the backing of the Naral Pro-Choice America PAC..............




Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/22/hillary-clinton-to-highlight-core-supporters-on-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade/



Hilliary will protect women's reproductive rights--and fight for all rights.


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Hillary Clinton to Highlight Core Supporters on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2016 OP
K & R Iliyah Jan 2016 #1
"Mrs. Clinton is not the only candidate who will be focusing on the anniversary" SunSeeker Jan 2016 #2
I thought of editing that paragraph out but got distracted. riversedge Jan 2016 #5
I'm glad you left it in. It is an important fact. SunSeeker Jan 2016 #6
Yes, you are right. I just did not riversedge Jan 2016 #8
Another 5 minute speech before she runs off to Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #3
Stick to the topic. Today is a celebration of women's reproductive rights and we do not need riversedge Jan 2016 #4
k&r for women's rights Politicub Jan 2016 #7

SunSeeker

(51,745 posts)
2. "Mrs. Clinton is not the only candidate who will be focusing on the anniversary"
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 01:37 PM
Jan 2016

Last edited Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:00 PM - Edit history (1)

Says a lot about our choices among the Dem candidates.

SunSeeker

(51,745 posts)
6. I'm glad you left it in. It is an important fact.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:01 PM
Jan 2016

It shows who we can rely on to always have our backs in the war on women.

riversedge

(70,346 posts)
8. Yes, you are right. I just did not
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 07:22 PM
Jan 2016

want that vile person in the same post. I knew very little about her until that first Repug debate--then she repeatedly said Hillary lied and went on and on about PP. Whow. I really was ready to know the tv over. oh well, she will be gone soon. She is even to vile for some Republicans.

riversedge

(70,346 posts)
4. Stick to the topic. Today is a celebration of women's reproductive rights and we do not need
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 02:29 PM
Jan 2016

You cutting down a good Democrat. Shame on you.

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