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The Democratic Party’s\u00a02016 platform draft <\/a>reveals that the party will go\u00a0“further than previous Democratic platforms” on \u00a0the issue of abortion.<\/p>\n

A press release <\/a>from the Democratic National Convention\u00a0states that the platform includes language to repeal the Hyde Amendment, as well as to overturn pro-life laws:<\/p>\n

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<\/u>The platform goes further than previous Democratic platforms on women\u2019s reproductive rights.\u00a0 It champions Planned Parenthood health centers and commits to push back on all Republican efforts to defund it. The platform also vows to oppose, and seek to overturn, all federal and state laws that impede a woman\u2019s access to abortion, including by repealing the Hyde Amendment.<\/p>\n

It also strongly supports the repeal of harmful restrictions that obstruct women\u2019s access to healthcare around the world, including the Global Gag Rule and the Helms Amendment, which bars US assistance to other countries that provide safe, legal, abortion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Democratic Party’s platform has evolved on the issue of abortion over\u00a0the last decade. In 2000 and 2004, the platform called for making abortion safe and rare;\u00a0and in 2000, the party included\u00a0language to “reduce unintended pregnancies.”<\/p>\n

Now, the 2016\u00a0platform’s proposed repeal of the Hyde Amendment would mean that federal taxpayer dollars could go towards elective abortions beyond\u00a0the currently limited instances. Hyde, which will soon celebrate its 40th anniversary, has already saved at least one million lives<\/a>\u00a0from abortion.<\/p>\n

Gina Mallica, a #HelloHyde spokeswoman who received Medicaid assistance as a baby, said “the repeal efforts are offensive to the many Americans who owe their lives to the Hyde Amendment.”<\/p>\n

The draft platform, which “champions” Planned Parenthood, also\u00a0vows to push back on efforts by the GOP to defund the\u00a0abortion giant, and it\u00a0even includes language\u00a0to\u00a0overturn pro-life\u00a0laws\u00a0around the nation.<\/p>\n

Some\u00a0pro-life\u00a0Democrats, however,\u00a0are pushing against their party’s proposed platform,\u00a0as Live Action News recently reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life, says the draft platform alienates individuals in the party who wish to stand for life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis platform\u2019s language just says [to pro-lifers] you are no longer welcome,\u201d Day\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cThis has been the general message pro-life Democrats are receiving across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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