re: #480 HappyWarrior

thehill.com

The Women’s Convention set up by the organizers of this past winter’s march in Detroit. Sanders does have a pro choice record but they A) should have invited a woman especially a young one and B) He is patronizing on this issue.

From the previous thread.

Thanks for the info.

It’s not my place to judge why the women who organised the Women’s March on Washington extended that invitation and honour to Senator Sanders. Perhaps they thought they could engage him on the issue of Planned Parenthood or women’s reproductive rights in general.

Perhaps they think that women can’t afford to abandon potential allies.

The Hill article cites them as saying he is a powerful ally in the Senate.

I do know about his “establishment” statement over Planned Parenthood, which I thought was at best ill-informed of the senator. An apology, or a statement he’s learned more about the organisation and knows better now, would be nice.

As far as I can tell, Planned Parenthood has never been an “establishment” organisation, unless that means they are generally supported by the Democratic Party.