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Carly Fiorina vice presidential campaign, 2016/Abortion
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- Carly Fiorina reportedly “ambushed” a field trip of Iowa elementary school students on January 20, 2016, when she held an anti-abortion rally at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and directed the children to join her on stage. “The problem, one parent said, was that the children’s parents had not given Fiorina permission to have their children sit with her – in front of a huge banner bearing the image of an unborn foetus – while she talked about harvesting organs from aborted babies,” The Guardian noted.[2]
- On December 11, 2015, Carly Fiorina debated CNN anchor Chris Cuomo about the consequences of saying that there was video footage of a Planned Parenthood technician discussing how to harvest fetal tissue from an aborted fetus with “its heart beating” and “legs kicking.” After asking Fiorina if she felt any “regret” following the Colorado shooting at Planned Parenthood, Cuomo said, "You're saying that the raw portions of the videos substantiate the claims that you and others made. That has not been proven to any satisfaction in any objective way. There were scenes and pictures depicting horrible things that nobody should want to see that weren't authentic. … No [sic] you have somebody who went out and killed in the name of that.” Fiorina responded, “Chris, careful, you're a journalist. I don't recall anybody in the pro-life community celebrating this tragedy ... I think you've bought the Planned Parenthood line hook, line, and sinker. So, good to know that."[3]
- During during an interview on the December 1, 2015 Laura Ingraham Show, Fiorina discussed Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue practices. She said, “let’s be accurate and factual about Planned Parenthood, okay, here’s some facts. Planned Parenthood acknowledged, just a couple weeks ago, that they will no longer take compensation for the sale of body parts, or as they call it, fetal tissue. I would call that an admission. Factually speaking, Planned Parenthood funnels millions of dollars in political contributions, as a taxpayer-funded organization, to pro-abortion candidates.”[4]
- During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Fiorina criticized Planned Parenthood for blaming anti-abortion rhetoric for the attacks on a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado on November 27, 2015. She said, “This is so typical of the left, to immediately begin demonizing the messenger because they don’t agree with the message. What I would say to anyone who would try to link this terrible tragedy to anyone who opposes abortion or the sale of body parts, is this is typical, left-wing tactics.”[5]
- Following her strong words against Planned Parenthood in the September 16, 2015, GOP debate, several news outlets said that Fiorina had fabricated a video that showed a fetus kicking its legs after an abortion. According to Breitbart, the video exists. It shows a moving fetus that survived an abortion, although the fetus shown is not the same one discussed in the narration by whistleblower Holly O’Donnell. Breitbart noted this is clearly labeled in the video.[6]
- During CNN's September 16, 2015, Republican presidential debate, Fiorina linked the Iran nuclear agreement and defunding Planned Parenthood. She said, "Dana, I would like to link these two issues, both of which are incredibly important, Iran and Planned Parenthood. One has something to do with the defense of the security of this nation. The other has something to do with the defense of the character of this nation. You have not heard a plan about Iran from any politician up here, here is my plan. On day one in the Oval Office, I will make two phone calls, the first to my good friend to Bibi Netanyahu to reassure him we will stand with the state of Israel. The second, to the supreme leader, to tell him that unless and until he opens every military and every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections by our people, not his, we, the United States of America, will make it as difficult as possible and move money around the global financial system. We can do that, we don't need anyone's cooperation to do it. And every ally and every adversary we have in this world will know that the United States in America is back in the leadership business, which is how we must stand with our allies. As regards Planned Parenthood, anyone who has watched this videotape, I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, it's heart beating, it's legs kicking while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain. This is about the character of our nation, and if we will not stand up in and force President Obama to veto this bill, shame on us."[7]
| "Carly Fiorina on Planned Parenthood," September 16, 2015. |
- On July 26, 2015, Fiorina discounted suggestions that it mattered the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress had been edited. "I find it fascinating that Planned Parenthood, EMILY's List and all the rest of the pro-abortion lobby are now suddenly so concerned about a heavily edited video. I don’t recall them ever being concerned about a heavily edited video of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser. I don’t remember them being concerned about Edward Snowden. We’ve had a lot of things where information has come out that we needed to see. So, instead of going after the people who have put out this video information we clearly need to see, let’s talk about the issue here. Of course they’re trying to change the subject. Of course they’re trying to say this is life-saving research," Fiorina said.[8]
- After a second video was released by the Center for Medical Progress showing a Planned Parenthood official discussing the use of fetal tissue from abortions, Fiorina released her own video questioning the "moral depravity" and "hypocrisy" of Planned Parenthood. Before calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood and the passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Fiorina criticized the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton for remaining silent on the issue.[9][10]
- On July 14, 2015, the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion advocacy group, released a video showing a senior director from Planned Parenthood discussing how the organization provided tissue from aborted fetuses to medical research facilities. Fiorina responded by releasing the following statement on her Facebook page: "I am proudly pro-life. I believe that every human life has potential and that every human life is precious. This latest news is tragic and outrageous. This isn’t about 'choice.' It’s about profiting on the death of the unborn while telling women it’s about empowerment."[11][12]
- During a 2010 interview, Fiorina explained her personal stance on abortion. She said, "I myself was not able to have children of my own, and so I know what a precious gift life is. My husband's mother was told to abort him. She spent a year in the hospital after his birth. My husband is the joy of her life, and he is the rock of my life. So those experiences have shaped my view. I recognize that a lot of women disagree with me on that. But I also know that women in general are not single-issue voters. When I talk to women on this, it's not the issue that is on the table in this election."[13]
- Fiorina also said, "Many, many voters are going to conclude while that [abortion] is a very important issue, it is frankly a decided issue. The law is clear in the state of California, where there is a constitutional guarantee to the right to an abortion. So why are we talking about a theoretical issue?"[13]
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Footnotes
- ↑ NPR, "Carly Fiorina Ends Bid For Republican Presidential Nomination," February 10, 2016
- ↑ The Guardian, "Carly Fiorina accused of 'ambushing' children for anti-abortion rally," January 21, 2016
- ↑ Business Insider, "'Careful, you're a journalist': Carly Fiorina battles CNN's Chris Cuomo over Planned Parenthood shooting," December 11, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Fiorina: TPP Has ‘Trap Doors’ On Environment, ‘Complicated, Multi-Party Agreements Are Not In Our Interest’," December 1, 2015
- ↑ The Hill, "Fiorina: Spin after clinic attack ‘typical left-wing tactics’," November 29, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "GRAPHIC CONTENT–’CARLY FIORINA WAS RIGHT': GROUP RELEASES FULL ABORTION VIDEO MENTIONED IN GOP DEBATE," September 29, 2015
- ↑ Washington Post, "Wednesday’s GOP debate transcript, annotated," accessed September 16, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Fiorina on Planned Parenthood vids: You never cared about Romney's heavily edited video," July 26, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Free Beacon, "Carly Fiorina Blasts Hillary Clinton for ‘Deafening Silence’ on Planned Parenthood," July 21, 2015
- ↑ YouTube, "Proud to join pro-life leaders in responding to the latest despicable news from Planned Parenthood," July 21, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Planned Parenthood exec, fetal body parts subject of controversial video," July 15, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Pro-Life Carly Fiorina Responds to Breitbart's Breaking Story on Planned Parenthood," July 14, 2015
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 San Francisco Gate, “Carly Fiorina outlines her anti-abortion stance," April 3, 2010
