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Ben Carson: By keeping out Islam, we protect women

Is there a 'war on women'? Yes 鈥� but not in the US, the Republican candidate told supporters, promising that immigrants are 'welcome to come to America, but they don't get to change who we are.'

While stumping in Michigan yesterday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson , where he told students America should be a 鈥淛udeo-海角大神鈥� nation that will defend women鈥檚 rights.

Dr. Carson鈥檚 speech took place days after his hotly-debated comments on 鈥淢eet the Press鈥� last Sunday, when he claimed that a Muslim should not be president because, in his opinion, Islam contradicts American values and the US Constitution.

Carson was immediately criticized聽by figures from Hillary Clinton to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which called for him to exit the presidential race.

Others, however, defended Carson, from 聽to Indian-American journalist Asra Nomani, who penned an opinion piece called for the Daily Beast. No matter where Muslim communities are, Nomani writes, they 鈥渟till struggle with existential questions about whether Islam is compatible with democracy and secularism.鈥�

According to the , Carson clarified that he would only object to a Muslim candidate who was not 鈥渨illing to put the Constitution above their ideology鈥�: an accusation some liberals might bring against Carson himself, whose image as a devout 海角大神 with conservative social values has helped him rise to .

In Spring Arbor, Carson accused critics of over-sensitivity: 鈥淚 have no interest in being like everybody else and giving away all of our values and principles for the sake of political correctness,鈥� he said."There is such a thing as an American dream and the American way. Anybody is welcome to come to America, but they don't get to change who we are.鈥�

As examples, he pointed to Sharia law, a diverse system of religious rules followed by some Muslim societies, arguing that it oppresses women and treats them like 鈥渃hattel.鈥� he declared.

Carson also denounced the frequent Democrat assertion that Republicans are waging a 鈥渨ar on women鈥� by advocating limits on reproductive health care, dismissing the idea as 鈥減hony鈥� and talking about the powerful role women have played in his own life.

Carson鈥檚 own positions on such women鈥檚 issues have been difficult to pin down, despite the popular perception that he is anti-abortion.

Politico reports that, as a pediatric neurosurgeon, Carson made referrals for women seeking abortions, but he maintains that he is personally pro-life; however, he has refused to specify a legal opinion on the issue, other than saying that he supports a bill to delegalize abortion after 20 weeks. According to campaign communications director Doug Watts, Carson believes that it the debate on abortion is not courts.

Nevertheless, some women鈥檚 advocates believe Carson鈥檚 opinions could endanger reproductive rights. In May, Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, :

鈥淚f Ben Carson doesn鈥檛 trust women to make their own health care decisions, then women can鈥檛 trust Ben Carson to be president,鈥� she said.聽