This Hashtag Is Asking Female Debate Moderators to Finally #AskAboutAbortion
Source: mic.com
By Julie Zeilinger February 11, 2016
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Over the course of the seemingly endless parade of presidential debates, candidates have been asked pressing questions about surveilling mosques to protect religious freedom, the role their spouse would play in the White House and beyond. No moderator, however, has asked any candidate about abortion rights at any of the five Democratic debates, according to NARAL. But activists and allies hope Thursday's debate, hosted by PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, will change that — and are rallying with the hashtag #AskAboutAbortion.
Asking these questions would "allow us to see how the candidates plan to empower women to make decisions for their lives and families," NARAL wrote in a Medium blog post advocating for the hashtag. "So far, the Democratic presidential debates have ignored the crisis in reproductive freedom altogether. But they can't continue to be held in a vacuum, in some alternate reality where abortion isn't being held hostage every single day by radical, anti-choice extremists who would see abortion outlawed."
Many agree with NARAL's call, and are using #AskAboutAbortion to explain why protecting their abortion rights is a crucial issue that candidates must address to win their votes.
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