Women's health is usually a particularly divisive issue between Democrats and Republicans, but presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump actually agree on a few issues.
There are others that they split on completely, however.
Abortion
Clinton has come out strongly in support of reproductive rights and a woman's right to choose.
She secured the endorsement of Planned Parenthood during the primaries and has continued to gain the support of a slew of reproductive-rights groups, like NARAL, which is heavily involved in repealing anti-choice laws on the books and Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers or TRAP laws. TRAP laws have been criticized by pro-choice groups for imposing undue legal burdens on doctors and medical facilities that provide abortions.
Clinton has criticized Republicans for attempting to defund Planned Parenthood, noting that it "would restrict millions of women’s access to critical health care services, like cancer screenings, contraception, and safe, legal abortion," according to her official campaign website.
"I am not only against defunding Planned Parenthood, but I would like to see Planned Parenthood even get more funding," Clinton told Fusion in January.
She has also promised to work to repeal the Hyde amendment, which pro-choice activists criticize for restricting access to abortion for lower-income women.
And she expressed strong support for President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, which, among other things, "bans insurance companies from discriminating against women and guarantees more than 55 million women access to preventive care."
Trump has expressed a strong opposition to abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and when the mother's health is endangered.
First article appeared in: http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-womens-health-platforms-positions-2016-9
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