The Latest: Advocacy groups equate Trump words with assault

New York police and security stand outside Trump Tower on, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in New York. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blurted out lewd and sexually charged comments about women as he waited to make a cameo appearance on a soap opera in 2005, a revelation that led him to issue a rare apology. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) New York police and security stand outside Trump Tower on, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in New York. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blurted out lewd and sexually charged comments about women as he waited to make a cameo appearance on a soap opera in 2005, a revelation that led him to issue a rare apology. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

By Associated Press October 8, 2016 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times EDT):

9:34 a.m.

The leaders of a pair of advocacy groups are equating Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about women – caught on tape – with sexual assault.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards says in a statement that having a presidential candidate engage in such behavior is “an excuse for harassment from others.”

And here’s what NOW President Terry O’Neill says: “Someone with such disrespect for women, with such a misogynistic lifestyle who boasts about using his power to sexually assault women cannot – and will not – be the leader of this country.”