Today's edition of Hillary News & Views features Clinton's strongest statements yet on Planned Parenthood, an endorsement from a prominent supporter of Obama in 2008, organizational activity in Denver, and two biographical campaign ads that will be her first TV spots of the election cycle.
Starting off with Planned Parenthood, Clinton released this video yesterday in support of the organization:
As she has done previously with attacks on voting rights and immigrants, Clinton connected the current attacks on Planned Parenthood to the larger, long-term strategy of Republicans to roll back reproductive rights:
If this feels like a full-on assault on women’s health, that’s because it is.More News & Views after the jump!When politicians talk about defunding Planned Parenthood, they’re talking about blocking millions of women, men and young people from live-saving preventive care.
Unfortunately, these attacks aren’t new. They’re more of the same.
We’ve seen them in Wisconsin where Gov. Walker defunded Planned Parenthood and left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn.
We’ve seen them in Florida where Jeb Bush funneled millions of taxpayer dollars into abstinence-only programs while gutting funds for crucial family planning programs.
And we’ve seen them in Texas where Gov. Perry drastically cut funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings and then signed legislation that forced health centers across the state to close their doors.
When they attack women’s health, they attack America’s health and it’s wrong and we’re not going to let them get away with it.