On Saturday, nearly all of the Democratic candidates will participate in a first-of-its-kind forum on women’s health and reproductive rights hosted by Planned Parenthood Action Fund in Columbia, South Carolina. In Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, the state’s Democratic governor, approved a law banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a woman’s pregnancy. “Reproductive rights are human rights, period. In this climate, Robinson said rhetorical support for abortion rights is not enough. If Democrats adopt hard lines on abortion, they could risk alienating voters who support abortion but with some limitations.

Source: The Guardian June 21, 2019 13:41 UTC