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> It's very telling that it's the "rare" part that the Left takes exception with. Now, it's only conservatives who quote Clinton on that.

This is complete nonsense. It's not "the left" that opposes teaching proper sex ed, easy and affordable access to contraception, or providing economic assistance for the mothers who cannot care for a child. Or, for that matter, reducing the economic inequality that leads to that problem in the first place.

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Actually, it is true: "When Bill Clinton gave the country “safe, legal, and rare” in 1992...They translated into language the inchoate sentiments of millions of Americans so exactly that they had to hear it only once for it to become their firmly held position on abortion....Now, after a quarter century of mighty service...the phrase is being vigorously expunged from the pro-abortion-rights conversation, including from the plank of the Democratic Party (in 2012) and the official position of Planned Parenthood. "

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/the-brilli...

Maybe you should include this later bit of explaining context?

> "Young feminists living in the age of dwindling access to abortion aren’t interested in a mantra that implies there is something shameful about the procedure"

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