Hillary Clinton brings up women's reproductive rights during debate, since the moderators never did

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last updated 15 April 2016

Near the end of a debate filled with questions on foreign policy, the economy, big banks, and tax forms, Hillary Clinton brought up the fact that the candidates were never asked about one very important issue: women's rights.

Clinton said as president she would appoint people to the Supreme Court who believe that "Roe v. Wade is settled law and Citizens United needs to be overturned." She then brought up the fact that over the previous debates "we've not had one question about a woman's right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care." There are governors across the United States "doing everything they can to restrict women's rights," she said, and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is "saying that women should be punished, and we are never asked about this."

Previously, Clinton continued, Bernie Sanders "said with respect to Trump it was a distraction, and I don't think it was a distraction. It goes to the heart of who we are as women, our rights, our autonomy, our ability to make our own decisions, and we need to be talking about that and defending Planned Parenthood from these outrageous attacks." Sanders said he is proud of his "100-percent pro-choice voting record," and said he will "take on those Republican governors who are trying to restrict a woman's right to choose."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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