Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was once again grilled on her stance regarding abortion during the third and final debate hosted by Fox News host Chris Wallace. But what she said during that debate really upset a lot of pro-life leaders.
Her opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump vowed to overturn Roe v. Wade (the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on abortion) once he assumes the presidency. He specifically attacked Clinton for supporting abortion-on-demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy, according to Life Site News.
"I think it's terrible if you go with what Hillary is saying in the ninth month you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby," he said. "Now you can say that that's okay, and Hillary can say that that's okay, but it's not okay with me."
However, Clinton simply brushed aside his statements as a "scare rhetoric." But Priests for Life national director Fr. Frank Pavone does not agree. "The facts are that babies actually are torn limb from limb by dismemberment abortions," he said. "To say they are 'ripped from the womb' is not 'scare rhetoric,' it's simply descriptive of what happens in abortions."
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List organisation, said Clinton was forced to own up to the fact that she never protected, and would never protect, the right to life of an unborn child, "even a baby who is moments from birth."
"Clinton's position on abortion is wildly out of step with the majority of Americans who support a compassionate limit on abortion," said Dannenfelser. "In pressing Clinton to state her opinion about the reality of the abortion procedure, Donald Trump did a service to all Americans. On this issue, the contrast between the two candidates could not be more clear," she said.
