Donald Trump’s abortion comments draw fire from all sides

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Donald Trump’s assertion that “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have illegal abortions sparked a firestorm of criticism across the political spectrum, with Democrats and Republicans as well as abortion rights activists and antiabortion activists condemning the Republican frontrunner.

Hillary Clinton was among the first to do so.

“Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse,” the Democratic frontrunner tweeted. “Horrific and telling.”

“We can’t let someone with this much contempt for women’s rights anywhere near the White House,” Clinton wrote. “Even by his impossibly low standards, @realDonaldTrump’s suggestion that women be punished for seeking abortion is abhorrent.”

“What he said today is among the most dangerous and outrageous statements that I’ve heard anybody running for president say in a really long time,“ Clinton told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.

Bernie Sanders agreed.

“Your Republican frontrunner, ladies and gentlemen,” the Vermont senator tweeted. “Shameful.”




By Dylan Stableford.
Full story at Yahoo News.