Donald Trump and his Republican Party can claim to respect women all they like. But, in four minutes of honesty, we saw what Donald Trump really believed.
For four minutes during a town hall with Chris Matthews, Donald Trump was asked about abortion. He said “you have to ban it.” There goes Roe v. Wade.
Trump was asked if women who sought out the procedure should be punished, and he said “there would have to be some form of punishment.” For the woman? “Yea.”
Toward the end of the exchange, Trump was asked if the man who got the woman pregnant should be held accountable as well. Trump said: “I would say no.”
This is the leading Republican candidate for president -- who has the support of Republican leaders in the House and Senate -- calling for the criminalization of abortion.
Imagine what would happen to Roe v. Wade, or Planned Parenthood, if this man were president.
If Donald Trump and the Republican Party are so intent on ripping away a woman’s right to choose, we have to redouble our efforts to protect it. Make your voice known to the GOP: We demand you stop attacking women’s constitutionally-protected right to make personal healthcare decisions.
Massachusetts has always been on the cutting edge of women’s rights. We were the first in the nation to require equal pay. We were pioneers in the women’s suffrage movement. I will not stand by while Donald Trump decimates women’s rights in America.
Thank you for standing with me today.
Ed Markey
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