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(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday thath she considers abortion to be a human right and that if abortion was made illegal, “rich women will still get abortions.”



During the MSNBC-Washington Post Democratic presidential debate, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow asked Warren, “Just this weekend, Louisiana re-elected a Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards. He has signed one of the country's toughest laws restricting abortion. Is there room in the democratic party for someone like him? Someone who can win in a deep red state but who does not support abortion rights?”









“I believe that abortion rights are human rights. I believe that they are also economic rights, and protecting the right of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body is fundamentally what we do and what we stand for as a Democratic Party,” Warren said.



“Understand this. When someone makes abortion illegal in America, rich women will still get abortions. It's just going to fall hard on poor women. It's going to fall hard on girls, women who don't even know that they're pregnant, because they have been molested by an uncle. I want to be an America where everybody has a chance, and I know it can be a hard decision for people,” she said.



“But here's the thing. When it comes down to that decision, a woman should be able to call on her mother. She should be able to call on her partner. She should be able to call on her priest or her rabbi, but the one entity that should not be in the middle of that decision is the government,” Warren added.



“Senator Warren, I'm going to push you on this a little bit for a specific answer to the question. Governor John Bel Edwards in Louisiana is an anti-abortion governor who has signed abortion restrictions in Louisiana. Is there room for him in the Democratic Party with those politics?” Maddow asked.



“I have made clear what I think the Democratic Party stands for. I'm not here to try to drive anyone out of this party. I'm not here to try to build fences, but I am here to say this is what I will fight for as president of the United States. The women of America can count on that,” Warren said.





