DES MOINES, Iowa ā€“ Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., interviewed with The Des Moines Register yesterday. She inferred that the pro-life position is ā€œunacceptableā€ and compared it to racism and anti-semitism.

Kathie Obradovich, the opinion editor at the Des Moines Register, asked her about imposing a litmus test on judicial nominees. Gillibrand said in May that anyone she nominates to the bench would support Roe v. Wade.

ā€œI think thereā€™s some issues that have such moral clarity that we have as a society decided that the other side is not acceptable. Imagine saying that itā€™s okay to appoint a judge whoā€™s racist or anti-Semitic or homophobic. Asking someone to appoint someone who takes away basic human rights of any group of people in Americaā€”I donā€™t think that those are political issues anymore,ā€ Gillibrand told the Registerā€™s editorial board.

ā€œAnd we believe in this country in the separation of church and state, and I respect the rights of every American to hold their religious beliefs true to themselves, but our country and our Constitution has always demanded that we have a separation of church and state,ā€ she said.

ā€œAnd all these efforts by President Trump and other ultra-radical conservative judges and justices to impose their faith on Americans is contrary to our Constitution and thatā€™s what this is. And so I believe that for all of these issues, they are not issues that there is a fair other side. There is no moral equivalency when you come to racism, and I do not believe there is a moral equivalency when it comes to changing laws that deny women reproductive freedom,ā€ Gillibrand concluded.

Gillibrand in a poll released by The Des Moines Register on Saturday received less than one percent. The Registerā€™s poll of likely Democratic caucusgoers also found that over three-fourths say that a right to abortion is non-negotiable.

Watch the entire interview below:

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