00:00One of the other things you read about in the book is your passion for moving forward the Democratic Party.
00:04Do you feel that abortion litmus tests are necessary for the Democratic Party in red states?
00:10I have to say that I am proud to be a Democrat, and I am proud of all the progress
00:16that's happened in my own lifetime.
00:17And I will continue to advocate for the policies of the Democratic Party.
00:21But I don't think it's either or.
00:23You need a very strong economic message, which I think I had, but it was hard to get through.
00:31And you need to stand up for human rights, social justice, and civil rights.
00:36And a woman's right to control her body and her health care decisions is a fundamental human right.
00:46One of the reasons I was proud to have Tim Kaine on my ticket is that he's personally opposed to
00:52abortion.
00:53He's a practicing Catholic.
00:55But he, like Mario Cuomo, long before recognized that you have to protect the rights of individuals to make the
01:05most important and intimate decisions.
01:08And reproductive rights are important in order to make clear that we want to give women a choice.
