{"id":158118,"date":"2016-12-19T15:10:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T20:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158118"},"modified":"2016-12-19T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T21:33:49","slug":"writer-pols-democratic-party-must-embrace-pro-lifers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/writer-pols-democratic-party-must-embrace-pro-lifers\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer, politicians say Democratic Party must embrace pro-lifers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Democratic Party suffered staggering losses in the election, and since then, there have been numerous discussions about what the party needs to do to become successful again. One thing not mentioned often is the party’s extreme stance on abortion. This year, the Democratic Party officially added the repeal of the Hyde Amendment<\/a>,\u00a0the overturning of all federal and state pro-life laws, and the funding of Planned Parenthood to its official party platform. At the time, pro-life Democrats spoke out. Now, it’s not just pro-life Democrats who are speaking out; in Paste Magazine, self-described pro-abortion advocate Stephen Markley wrote that the Democratic Party needs to embrace pro-lifers<\/a> if it is going to compete nationally.<\/p>\n

Markley points out that the American people are not overwhelmingly “pro-choice.” Rather, there is a fairly even split between those who describe themselves as pro-life versus those who describe themselves as pro-choice. “During the Bush years, pro-choice identification nudged upward, and during the Obama presidency, pro-life respondents had the edge,” Markley wrote. “Currently it stands at 47% to 46%, respectively. In the latest poll, 29% said it should be legal in all circumstances, 19% illegal in all circumstances, and a full 50% said legal only in some circumstances. You can see almost these same exact numbers if you scroll back to the year 1989.”<\/p>\n

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