Hillary Clinton calls for a change in 'deep-seated' religious beliefs on abortion

[cbayer]

http://theweek.com/speedreads/551565/hillary-clinton-calls-change-deepseated-religious-beliefs-abortion

Kimberly Alters

April 24, 2015

Building on her decidedly feminist campaign message, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a forceful stance on abortion rights Thursday when she called for a change in "deep-seated" cultural and religious standards.

Clinton made the comments while delivering the keynote address at the annual Women in The World Summit in New York. "Rights have to exist in practice — not just on paper," she said. "Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs, and structural biases have to be changed."

Clinton did, however, acknowledge the progress that has been made for women around the world. "All the evidence tells us that despite the enormous obstacles that remain, there has never been a better time in history to be born female. Think about that," she said, to applause from the audience.

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[NYC_SKP]

1. I'll hand it to her. She does this well, rallying support around this cause.

I'd like to see her focus on that and on reproductive rights extending to education regarding the choice to have fewer children, or no children, and the implications for the planet either way.

She could become a veritable "Mother Earth", or "Earth Mom", whatever she likes.

A full time job if she wanted it.

[cbayer]

2. She has been a forceful advocate for girls and women

even if she hasn't got a lot of press for it.

This has, of course, ignited the anti-abortion folks and is getting almost no coverage in the non-RW press.

why?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Now there's somethin I can agree w/ esply changin people's religious beliefs to confirm w/ modern-day society that, thankfully, includes a woman's right to choose an abortion.

[cbayer]

4. Agree. She's really pissing off the anti-abortion crowd with this, but that's ok with me.

[okasha]

5. She's been pissing them off for a long time, now.

The right wingers don't like her call for more education and resources for prenatal care and regular post-natal check-ups, either.

[cbayer]

6. They aren't going to vote for her anywhere and I give her kudos

for taking this issue on very directly.