A Texas Catholic bishop criticized Hillary Clinton on Twitter for what appeared to be a comparison between the American abortion debate and rapes carried out by soldiers fighting for Russia in the conflict with Ukraine and Taliban rule.
“Please, please don’t listen to this evil woman,” Bishop Joseph Strickland said in a tweet. “Her lies and immorality need to be silenced for the good of humanity.”
The article that accompanied Strickland’s post highlighted remarks made by the former Democratic presidential contender while she was being interviewed by Christiane Amanpour for a summit on women’s rights held by the Clinton Presidential Center. Amanpour questioned her about a previous claim that women’s rights were “unfinished business.”
“We have come a long way since I made that statement, back in 1995, on so many fronts,” Clinton responded. “But we are also in a period of time where there is a lot of pushback and much of the progress that has been, I think, taken for granted by too many people is under attack.”
While speaking at the summit, Clinton also drew attention to the suffering of women in Sudan by bringing up the abortion debate.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned earlier this year, states in the U.S. are free to enact their own abortion laws. While some have placed strict restrictions on abortion, many others permit it up until the final weeks of pregnancy. Clinton asserted that abortion restrictions are anti-democratic.
“This struggle is between autocracy and democracy, from our country to places we can’t even believe we’re being compared to,” Clinton added.
Clinton spoke about abortion in another appearance this week saying, “I really, truly believe that when women are denied their basic rights anywhere, it gives heart to those who want to take away rights somewhere else.”
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