Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett - Dems For Life
Aired: 2019-10-25
Duration: 06:19


=== Progressive Values and Pro-Life Consistency (05:51) ===

[00:00:00]  I identify very liberal.
[00:00:01]  I am also a socialist.
[00:00:03]  I live in San Francisco.
[00:00:05]  I am also the founder and executive director of Pro-Life San Francisco.
[00:00:08]  We're seeing increasingly there's more young people who are holding more progressive values but are also very pro-life because we can see that's inconsistent to say we support equality of all human beings, we support human rights for all except for the pre-born human beings.
[00:00:26]  You're an atheist, vegan, LGBTQ plus ally, and pro-life.
[00:00:30]  That's right.
[00:00:31]  Explain this to me.
[00:00:33]  I did not read that last part.
[00:00:35]  Yeah.
[00:00:35]  That threw me off.
[00:00:36]  Yeah, that's why I have this 22-week old fetal model.
[00:00:39]  I am a registered Democrat.
[00:00:41]  I identify very liberal.
[00:00:42]  I am also a socialist.
[00:00:44]  I live in San Francisco.
[00:00:46]  I am also the founder and executive director of Pro-Life San Francisco.
[00:00:50]  We are a millennial-led grassroots activist organization operating in arguably the most pro-choice culture in America, possibly in the world.
[00:00:58]  And one of the reasons that we're here today is I'm joining with Democrats for Life and we're calling on them to take a position on abortion that represents the majority.
[00:01:06]  Even the vast majority of millennials and Democrats want to see abortion more restricted, especially at this particular age.
[00:01:12]  I'm so sorry.
[00:01:12]  I'm so sorry.
[00:01:13]  I don't want people to run it.
[00:01:15]  I'm so sorry.
[00:01:16]  But the vast majority of them want to see abortion restricted, especially at this age.
[00:01:20]  This is a 22-week fetus, so in most states in America, you can have an elective abortion for any reason you want, up until 24 weeks.
[00:01:26]  And this is the exact age that's actually targeted for organ harvesting by fetal tissue companies that are looking to profit off of the sale of these body parts.
[00:01:36]  So I'm very concerned.
[00:01:38]  Obviously, this is a viewpoint that's very silenced on the left.
[00:01:40]  I think it's very dangerous on the left because they hold all their power through the abortion lobby, which only Panderson is.
[00:01:46]  I want to cut you off because I want to ask you this question.
[00:01:48]  When I talk about being pro-life, 100% of the time people say, well, it's because you're trying to shove your opinions of religion down my throat.
[00:01:58]  What do you say to that?
[00:01:59]  What does it mean to be such polar opposites within the community, I guess?
[00:02:05]  Totally.
[00:02:05]  And I can see why people think that it's contradictory, but for me, it's just a consistent application of the values that we've already established as a culture, as a society, from across the political and religious spectrum.
[00:02:16]  It doesn't matter if you're secular or you're Hindu.
[00:02:19]  Most people agree that killing people is wrong in most circumstances.
[00:02:24]  And I'm just attempting to be consistent in that application.
[00:02:28]  Yes, of course, there are circumstances when it's just to protect yourself.
[00:02:32]  Or there are, of course, nuanced conversations about killing a born person.
[00:02:36]  But the point is that it has to be consistent if we're all equal.
[00:02:39]  And I do believe in human equality.
[00:02:41]  I love it.
[00:02:42]  I love it.
[00:02:43]  It's perfect.
[00:02:44]  Thank you.
[00:02:46]  You said you were a pro-life Democrat.
[00:02:48]  And I asked you, I said, usually when Democrats say I'm pro-life, they just mean they cut it off at the third trimester.
[00:02:56]  But you said, no, I'm pro-life all the way.
[00:02:59]  What's it like being a pro-life Democrat?
[00:03:01]  Yeah, it's definitely hard, but we're seeing increasingly there's more young people who are holding more progressive values but are also very pro-life because we can see that's inconsistent to say we support equality of all human beings, we support human rights for all except for the pre-born human beings.
[00:03:18]  It's the consistent response to say we're against abortion for all cases through all the pregnancy.
[00:03:24]  So a lot of people say something a lot that I've seen in the news lately and what people say is what if the child had a mental disability or a physical abnormality, they shouldn't be able to live or the mother shouldn't have to take care of them.
[00:03:40]  How does that make your heart feel?
[00:03:42]  Oh, it's absolutely heartbreaking.
[00:03:44]  When somebody presents that to us, like for me, I've been doing this full time a couple years and I go to college campuses nationwide talking to students about this.
[00:03:53]  Whenever somebody comes up and says, you know, it should be okay if, you know, there's a severe abnormality.
[00:03:58]  Yeah, it's heartbreaking because you would never, ever, ever consider ending somebody's life, you know, who was born, who had, you know, whatever abnormality.
[00:04:08]  Yes, it's hard.
[00:04:09]  Yes, it's unfair.
[00:04:10]  It can be unfair, but we don't have that right to take away somebody else's life because of who they are.
[00:04:17]  That's ableism, you know?
[00:04:19]  And again, with the Democratic Party carrying the banner of equality, there's no reason why we should be supporting that.
[00:04:27]  So I have to ask, why do you still stay with the Democratic Party, even though they're progressively getting crazier with their pro-choice views?
[00:04:35]  What keeps you in the Democratic Party?
[00:04:37]  Well, I lean more independent for that reason because for me, the main issue is abortion.
[00:04:44]  I think that there's, you know, both sides are working to make great progress on various issues.
[00:04:49]  But at the end of the day, for me, you know, I want to see human rights advanced.
[00:04:53]  I want to see, you know, whatever side is their goal is to advance human rights, equal dignity, and respect for all, like, I think that we need to be pushing for that.
[00:05:04]  So with the Democratic Party, they do a good job with that in most cases.
[00:05:09]  So that's the appeal I see there, is that they are actually, you know, working towards, you know, supporting the disenfranchised and helping make those ends meet.
[00:05:20]  They just have to tweak one little thing.
[00:05:22]  Yeah.
[00:05:23]  Yeah.
[00:05:24]  So it's just, I want to see them be consistent in that view.
[00:05:27]  So until then, I am an independent until I see that change be made.
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