Monday, April 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton: We must change the 'religious beliefs' of nation

Why? To give more access to birth control, abortion to women, she says ...

White House hopeful Hillary Clinton called for big changes in America's culture, saying "religious beliefs" need to be overhauled in order to make way for birth control, abortion and women's health care.

"Far too many women are denied access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice, not just on paper," Clinton said, during the sixth annual Women in the World Summit, the Daily Caller reported.

More to point, she said, "deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed" to give women full access to "reproductive health care and safe childbirth," the news outlet said.

"Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will," Clinton said. "As i have said and as I believe, the advancement of the full participation of women and girls in every aspect of their societies is the great unfinished business of the 21st century and not just for women but for everyone – and not just in far away countries but right here in the United States."

She delivered her speech at the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center.

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