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Hillary Clinton Angers Pro-Life, Pro-Abortion Advocates For Calling Unborn a 'Person'

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AP
April 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton sparked backlash among pro-life and pro-abortion advocates this past weekend after she identified the unborn as a "person."

Clinton told MSNBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd Sunday that "the unborn person doesn’t have constitutional rights" during an interview discussing abortion restrictions.

"That doesn’t mean that we don’t do everything we possibly can, in the vast majority of instances to, you know, help a mother who is carrying a child and wants to make sure that child will be healthy, to have appropriate medical support," Clinton added.

Clinton also advocated "reasonable" restrictions on abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Dianna Arellano, the manager of community engagement at Planned Parenthood Illinois, immediately took to twitter to hit Clinton for further "stigmatizing" abortion.

Pro-life advocates meanwhile viewed the remarks as a concession from the left that the unborn are people and therefore deserve full protection under U.S. law.

The Washington Times noted that pro-abortion advocates have long been careful to avoid the term "person" when describing the unborn.

International Planned Parenthood Federation guidelines encourage pro-abortion advocates to use language that does not "stigmatize" abortion when discussing the controversial topic.

Pro-abortion advocates are discouraged from using the terms "baby" and "unborn child." The Planned Parenthood guidelines instead encourage the use of "more accurate/appropriate" terms, including "embryo" and "fetus."