Six Human Rights Takeaways from the US Presidential Debate (www.hrw.org)

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Kind of hard to tl;dr this one, but here are the six general areas that get discussed

Neither candidate centered human rights in their comments on border and immigration policy

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2.The debate over access to abortion has changed since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022

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On the issue of phasing out fossil fuels, Harris said, “I will not ban fracking,” and Trump said, “I got the oil business going like nobody has done before.”

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Harris said it was time to “stand for our democracy” and Trump said that “they’re [the Democratic party] the threat to democracy.”

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On housing, Harris said, “We know that we have a shortage of homes and housing, and the cost of housing is too expensive for far too many people.”

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On Gaza, Harris said “Israel has a right to defend itself … and how it does so matters. Because it is also true far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed.” Trump said, “If I were president it would have never started

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