July 26, 2016|9:47 pm
President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund Cecile Richards takes the phase at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 26, 2016.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards denounced Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s comment calling pregnancy an “inconvenience.”
In a speech delivered at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Richards spoke concerning the problems she had along with Trump’s mentioned views on women and abortion.
“Donald Trump has actually pledged to appoint justices that will certainly overturn Roe v. Wade and undo decades of progress. His policies aren’t simply frightening — they’re rooted in a disturbing worldview,” said Richards.
“Donald Trump has actually called women ‘fat pigs” and ‘dogs.’ He desires to punish women for having abortions. And he says pregnancy is an ‘inconvenience’ for a woman’s employer.”
Richards went on to say to those gathered that “women’s good health and rights are on the line and on the ballot in this election.”
“Donald Trump, come November, women are seeing be a lot more compared to an inconvenience. We’re seeing be the necessity you’re not elected,” noted Richards.
“Each year, millions of women, men, and young people trust Planned Parenthood. And the Planned Parenthood Action Fund trusts Hillary Clinton.”
Some pro-life teams and people were rapid to pounce on exactly what they considered to be a contradiction in reasoning by Richards.
On YouTube, the Conservative Review as soon as possible posted an 18-second clip from Richards’ speech along with the caption “Planned Parenthood Head Says Pregnancy not an ‘inconvenience?'”
“Interesting: @CecileRichards attacks @realDonaldTrump for saying specifically exactly what she believes – ‘pregnancy is inconvenient’. #PPSellsBabyParts,” tweeted one viewer of the speech.
Richards additionally appeared to suggest that Clinton would certainly push for taxpayer funding of abortions for unsatisfactory women if elected president.
“And she will certainly constantly stand game Roe v. Wade and the ideal of every woman to access a complete range of reproductive good health care, including abortion, regardless of her economic status,” she said.
During the Republican primary season Trump garnered controversy after he told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that he believed a woman need to be punished for having an abortion.
Trump initially appeared to misrepresent the see of the majority of pro-lifers, saying, “Well people in certain Sections of the Republican celebration and conservatives Republicans would certainly say, yes they need to be punished.”
After Matthews pushed for Trump to say his position, Trump claimed that placement was his own, saying, “there has actually to be some type of punishment” for an abortion. Matthews asked if that included punishing the pregnant woman, to which Trump replied “yes.”
Trump’s statements received denunciation not just from pro-selection groups, however additionally pro-life organizations and conservative Republican politicians.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, said in a statement that she and her organization “have actually never ever advocated, in any type of context, for the punishment of women that undergo abortion.”
“As a convert to the pro-life movement, Mr. Trump sees the truth of the horror of abortion – the destruction of an innocent human life – which is legal in our country up until the moment of birth,” said Dannenfelser.
“however permit us be clear: punishment is solely for the abortionist that profits off of the destruction of one life and the grave wounding of another.”
