Read previewFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an interview for a forthcoming book, made some of her strongest remarks to date about the fall of Roe v. Wade, arguing that the Democratic Party underestimated the anti-abortion movement.
"We didn't take it seriously, and we didn't understand the threat," Clinton, the party's 2016 presidential nominee, told the Times.
Related storiesDuring the interview, Clinton lamented that Democrats were "taken by surprise" by the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.
She argued that she never became complacent over the potential for a conservative-led Supreme Court to reverse Roe.
AdvertisementSince the fall of Roe, Democrats have benefited in elections across the country, with many independents and even some Republicans backing ballot measures protecting abortion rights.
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