Reminder to Progressives: Abortion is an Economic Issue

[moonshaz]

Bernie Sanders traveled to Nebraska this week to throw his support behind Omaha Democratic mayoral candidate, Heath Mello, who is running against the incumbent Republican mayor, Jean Stothert. A Mello win, Sanders has said, would give hope to other “progressive Democrats” in conservative states

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[rainbows_]

This is all true. I disagree with Bernie here, and with the DNC leadership thinking this is okay to do. Unfortunately there are democrat politicians who are pro-life and govern that way. We need progressive democrats who are progressive on all these important issues.

Associated tweets:

. @HuffPostPol . @berniesanders explains his support for @heathmello in greater detail. #melloformayor pic.twitter.com/LYMaf20jmM
- Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) April 21, 2017

if you demand bold political imagination but become extremely pragmatic about reproductive justice maybe think about why
- Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) April 19, 2017

We had a Dem House majority in 2009 that was internally mostly pro-choice & they still got an anti-abortion amendment into the ACA for a bit
- Bill Humphrey in MA (@BillHumphreyMA) April 21, 2017

Abortion rights win everywhere now on the ballot. Every district has enough people that you can find pro-choice progressives & not settle.
- Bill Humphrey in MA (@BillHumphreyMA) April 21, 2017

This is the correct take. We criticized Hillary for picking Tim Kaine for this shit, it's fair to hold Bernie to same standard https://t.co/dtGqDEke5T
- Jeff Armand (@armandjeff) April 21, 2017

tbh I think Dems could forestall a lot of their own base's disappointment in them just by putting progs in prog districts https://t.co/JJGf10uWBf
- Mark (@haircut_hippie) April 22, 2017

Sanders is taking a page from the Clintonian "safe legal and rare" compromise playbook-THAT'S the/his/our problem https://t.co/KhoZGxGmeS
- Sean T. Collins 🌹 (@theseantcollins) April 21, 2017

[mhfromnh]

all these men

[ladycyndra]

Right??

[lollycunt]

Bernie's explanation sucks. This guy didn't just vote for that ultrasound bill, he co-sponsored it. I suppose it is possible that Bernie was not aware of that beforehand (Planned Parenthood apparently wasn't, since his rating with them was an A+) but his comments afterward are indefensible.

[rainbows_]

Yea, I agree.

There is this tweet below, not sure how legitimate it is tho. Talking about how Mello is personally pro-life, but would "uphold abortion rights as mayor" (still problematic, as if you are pro-life then you would lean towards policy's that support pro-life solutions, rather than unequivocally supporting abortion rights). Talking about how supporting that bill was a democratic compromise to make it less awful, ie. an option to view the ultrasound rather than have it mandatory.

@roqchams If this refers to Mello (endorsed by DNC, Perez & Bernie, then Perez threw Bernie under the bus), his record has been heavily misrepresented pic.twitter.com/ZdNXWlCW8i
- Rogue Thomas 🐔 (@JohnLockesKnife) April 22, 2017

[lollycunt]

I'm not sure of the exact contents of the bill in that level of detail, but his statements since then haven't corrected the record, which you'd think he would do if it was being so misrepresented. It's meaningless that he says he will uphold abortion rights as mayor. He has no control over that, he might as well have said he won't rule one Roe v Wade as mayor lol.

If it was a democratic compromise that he really wasn't so proud of, he should not have sponsored the bill.

[moonshaz]

Iawtc.

[lollycunt]

You are still outright denying Kaine's anti-choice record in this post though, it's nagl.

[meadowphoenix]

This is what I was talking about in my last conversation with you, btw. That progressives who focused on broad economic ideals, who insisted that the broadness was inclusive, would in fact privilege that supposed inclusivity over specific issues that are the focus of marginalized groups. This is what I was saying as to why I couldn't believe a fucking word anyone with the "economics for everyone" opinion was saying as to why focus needed to shift. That they could not answer well or adequately how they would deal with conflict. This is it.