'Disgusting,' 'dangerous': Here's what every 2020 Democratic candidate has said about AlabamaAbortionBill
After Alabama lawmakers approved a bill outlawing nearly all abortions in the state, 2020 Democratic candidates have been outspoken in their condemnation of the measure as an unconstitutional “war on women.”
So far, nearly every one of the 22 Democrats running for president have spoken against the measure. Their response echoes reaction to last week’s passage of the Georgia"heartbeat bill," which banned all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.Michael Bennet: The 54-year-old senator from Colorado slammed the measure as a “blatant and unconstitutional attack on women” in a Twitter post on Wednesday. The post linked to a news article about the abortion ban.
Pete Buttigieg: The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, slammed the Alabama Legislature for “ignoring science, criminalizing abortion and punishing women.” He added that the government should “make sure all women have access to comprehensive affordable care, and that includes safe and legal abortion.” Kirsten Gillibrand: A champion of the #MeToo movement, she immediately slammed the anti-abortion bill as a “war on women” in a Twitter post.
Jay Inslee: The Washington governor wrote on Twitter that the bill is “an abomination” and that “the choices a woman makes about her body should be between her and her doctor and no one else.” He added that the country “cannot go back to the dark ages of reproductive rights.” Beto O’Rourke: The Texas Democrat wrote on Twitter that the bill “is not only unconstitutional—it’s a radical attack on women across Alabama and America. We won’t back down when it comes to fully protecting Roe v. Wade, fighting dangerous efforts to roll back reproductive health care and defending a woman’s right to access an abortion.”
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