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The Democratic Party's 2016 platform pledges to "stand up" for Planned
Parenthood, fund abortion nationwide and around the world, vows to
"overturn" state and federal restrictions on abortion, proposes cracking
down on pro-life sidewalk counselors, and affirms abortion as "core" to
people's "health and well-being." (Photo: Shutterstock/via LifeSiteNews)
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention formally adopted the 55-page long platform on Monday.
In addition to a constitutional right, the platform describes "safe
and legal abortion" as "core to women's, men's, and young people's
health and well-being."
"We will continue to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned
Parenthood health centers, which provide critical health services to
millions of people," the document says. Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton, who was endorsed by Planned Parenthood early in the primaries,
has promised "more federal funding for Planned Parenthood" if she is
elected.
While Democratic politicians have defended funding the nation's
largest abortion provider by noting that taxpayers do not pay for
abortions in most cases, they would change that if possible.
"We will continue to oppose—and seek to overturn—federal and state
laws and policies that impede a woman's access to abortion, including by
repealing the Hyde Amendment," which prohibits abortion funding except
in the cases of rape or incest.
The platform vows to end the "discrimination" that does not allow
low-income women to have their abortions paid for by taxpayers, and
respects the consciences of those who choose not to offer abortion in
their health insurance plans.
For the first time, the nation's oldest political party calls for
repealing the Helms Amendment, which bars U.S. taxpayer funding of
abortion through foreign aid to...
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