It is the 35th anniversary of the US Supreme Court's landmark decision, Roe v Wade, which recognized a women's right to privacy in making reproductive choices, including the right to an abortion. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court voted seven to two that a law in Texas that banned abortion, except to save a woman's life, was unconstitutional under the right to personal privacy.
Those opposed to this decision have been fighting it for 35 years, largely on religious and moral grounds. And while they have been successful in biting around the edges of the decision and attempting to make it more difficult for women to get an abortion, the right to choose in the US remains the law of the land.
However, the Clinton campaign and its surrogates have led many women in the primary states to question Barack Obama's strong record on reproductive health and women's rights.
Below, I would like to set the record straight.
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