“She should be telling the American people that she understand the reproductive health crisis”: Why Hillary Clinton can’t rest on her pro-choice laurels

Thanks primarily to Donald Trump, the 2016 presidential campaign has already upended most observers’ expectations, as well as their previous estimation of just how insane the national politics of the world’s leading superpower can really be.

However, one of the lesser-noticed ways in which this campaign hasn’t gone according to script has nothing to do with “the Donald.” Rather, it has to do with women’s economic power and reproductive health. Despite the 2016 campaign’s taking place in the post-“Lean In” era, despite a woman being the odds-on favorite, and despite the increasing prominence of “women’s issues” like paid family leave and abortion rights, the campaign has been overwhelmingly about …other things.

It’s time for HRC to stand strong for women’s health and rights, the Roosevelt Institute’s Andrea Flynn tells Salon