“I believe in reproductive justice,” Castro said. “What that means is that just because a woman—or let’s also not forget someone in the trans community, a trans female—is poor, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have the right to exercise that right to choose'
About a half-hour into Wednesday night’s Democratic debate, Julián Castro was asked whether his health care plan would cover abortion.
“When we’re talking about abortion access and really access to reproductive rights stuff in general, there a number of people who don’t identify as women who still need access to those services,” Rupert told POLITICO. “It’s trans men, it’s nonbinary folks — a lot of people. Castro won applause inside the debate hall for mentioning reproductive justice and the trans community. But he was also lightly criticized on Twitter by LGBT activists for mistakenly saying “trans female.”
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