Sellers: Poor Women, Minorities Lack Access to Abortion; ‘Issue of Income Inequality’

‘Abortion is an issue of access’

SELLERS: "But it does highlight an issue that many of us bring out when talking about Senator Sanders, which is that it’s one note that when talking about any issue, it’s pivoting right back to income inequality. And what Senator Sanders left out of that answer and what Secretary Clinton hit him on was the fact that abortion is an issue of income inequality. Abortion is an issue of access. Because many times you have poor women, many times women of color, who don’t have access, and that is a fundamental issue of income inequality. And that is the message. That you just can’t pivot to income inequality when we’re talking about an issue that is that near and dear and of that outmost (ph) importance (ph)."
TURNER: "But Bakari, he does not have to measure his remarks based on what the secretary —"
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SELLERS: "I agree."
TURNER: "He has 100 percent record with the pro-choice community. So he was saying yes, that is important. And his point about the fact that I think Mr. Trump has gotten almost $2 billion worth of air time, I mean, every time — this man sneezes, if he trips, whatever he does, the media is going to cover it. And I think that what Senator Sanders —"

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