Bernie Sanders , "It's my firm belief that if the US Senate had 83 women and 17 men,

[Playinghardball]

women's reproductive rights would never be under question or debated."



BERNIE!!

[retrowire]

1. b-b-but Bernie's sexistttt!!!

a better feminist than Hillary in my eyes.

plus, if Roseanne Barr, an awesome feminist can say that Bernie is the better Women candidate, then I just feel it's no contest.

[AlbertCat]

2. women's reproductive rights would never be under question or debated."

Except by Phillis Scholarly.

[Human101948]

3. You mean Phyllis Schlafly?

Phyllis Schlafly Still Championing The Anti-Feminist Fight

She's a lawyer, author, mother of six and a icon of the country's anti-feminist movement. Phyllis Schlafly is best known for her successful 1973 campaign to stop the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. For decades, she has stuck by her beliefs that a woman's place is in the kitchen. She's been named one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century by Ladies Home Journal. As part of Tell Me More's focus on Women's History Month, host Michel Martin speaks to the 86-year-old conservative activist about her life and career.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134981902

[Jim Lane]

5. ...or Sarah Palin or Carly Fiorina, etc.

IIRC, in 2008 Palin was to McCain's right on abortion (McCain willing to allow abortion in cases of rape or incest, Palin admitting of no such exceptions).

In this cycle, which candidate has been most outfront in making outrageous attacks on Planned Parenthood? I'd pick Fiorina. She appears to have no empathy for other women's reproductive rights.

[knightmaar]

4. Probably not true, though

While there is a gender gap between men's and women's opinions, women aren't that far off.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/183434/americans-choose-pro-choice-first-time-seven-years.aspx