Cecile Richards: Palin and McCain's Disregard for Women's Health

[babylonsister]

Cecile Richards
Posted October 28, 2008 | 12:32 PM (EST)
Palin and McCain's Disregard for Women's Health


We all know John McCain and Sarah Palin are out of touch on women's health; between McCain's infamous air-quoting of the word "health" and Palin's countless contradictions on reproductive health care, we know that we would be in bad shape if they were to make it to the White House. That is no big news.

But what Sarah Palin told the American public last week was a stark confirmation of where they stand.

During an interview that Focus on the Family founder and anti-choice leader James Dobson conducted with Palin, he brought up the Republican Party platform's position on choice, identifying it -- in his own words -- as, "the strongest pro-life, pro-family document to come out of a political party." To me, that's not pro-family -- that's pro-government in women's lives.

Not only did Palin express her support for the platform's principles, but when she was asked if McCain also "strongly supports those views" and whether she believes he will "implement it," she responded, "I do, from the bottom of my heart."

With that statement, Palin affirmed our fears that she, along with John McCain, is on board with the platform's most severe anti-woman principles. Apparently women's health is not only "extreme," but it's not even up for discussion.


more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cecile-richards/palin-and-mccains-disrega_b_138557.html