--- title: Hillary Clinton Compares Republicans to 'Terrorist Groups' description: Hillary Clinton swung at Republican candidates' views on women's health Thursday, comparing the GOP field's positions to terrorist groups'. canonical: https://time.com/4013739/hillary-clinton-terrorist-groups-republicans/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-27T18:48:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:07.225Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Compares GOP To Terrorists On Women's Issues og:description: The Democratic candidate swung hard at Republican candidates' views on women's health og:url: https://time.com/4013739/hillary-clinton-terrorist-groups-republicans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ba29163fa1f4272/6988612c0a4a229fdc9c5d3f/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2667 og:image:height: 1500 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Compares GOP To Terrorists On Women's Issues twitter:description: The Democratic candidate swung hard at Republican candidates' views on women's health twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ba29163fa1f4272/6988612c0a4a229fdc9c5d3f/hillary-clinton11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Compares Republicans to 'Terrorist Groups' On Women's Issues > Sponsored content. 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Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, listens during her introduction at an event in Ankeny, Iowa, on Aug. 26, 2015. Daniel Acker—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 27, 2015 6:48 PM UTC Hillary Clinton swung hard at Republican candidates’ views on women’s health Thursday, comparing the GOP field to “terrorist groups.” Speaking in Cleveland, Ohio Thursday, Clinton talked about Republicans’ attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, saying, “Extreme views about women – we expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world. But it’s a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the president of the United States. Yet they expose of out of date and out of touch policies,” [NBC reports](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-compares-gop-views-women-terrorist-groups-n417061). Republican National Committee Press Secretary Allison Moore put out a statement saying, “For Hillary Clinton to equate her political opponents to terrorists is a new low for her flailing campaign. She should apologize immediately for her inflammatory rhetoric.” Many members of the Republican field have called to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the wake of leaked videos showing employees discussing the sale of fetal tissue. 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