Clinton, Trump spar over abortion issue as final debate opens: In the final presidential debate Oct. 19, Republican Donald Trump used his most explicit language to date to denounce late-term abortions.
MGB:_Hillary ignored laying the truth out in order to play to her base and to undecided women. The fact is, partial birth abortions are already illegal and the law banning them is constitutional. She also left out that of the five justices who upheld the law, three of them declined to overturn Roe in order to do so (and one who did is dead). Scalia was also the only justice who would have turned the issue back to the states. Of course, by claiming victory, this issue loses its political punch. This is a shame, because we need more truth on this issue, which really is not an issue at all because there are few reasonable options for change-and none of them involve overturning Roe. Still, I would have liked Clinton to emphasize she is proposing an increase to the child tax credit, which will actually reduce abortions.
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