"Guaranteed healthcare is key plank for Democrats
PITTSBURGH - The 51-page platform draft showed the influence of Clinton's supporters not only in the extensive section on healthcare but in its assertions about the treatment of women. Some of her backers believed sexism dogged her campaign for the nomination.
An extensive section on women's rights is included and the votes she received in the primaries are described as "18 million cracks in the highest glass ceiling."
Democrats typically have a strong plank in favor of abortion rights; this year's version is stronger than usual. "The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right," it says.
Gone is the phrase from the past that abortions should be safe, legal and "rare."
Yeah, I'm not really a lefty DemocraP like I used to be; please read: My Abortion Evolution
Sorry, ladies, but the having been lied to 24/7 since the day of birth was a big hit to the brainwashing ideology I'd come to accept.
The party also pledges to ensure access to adoption programs, prenatal and postnatal care, and income aid programs for expectant mothers.
The party also:
Promises "practical and humane immigration reform in the first year of the administration."
Favors restoration of the ban on assault-type weapons and other "reasonable regulation" that recognizes the constitutional right to own and use firearms.
Favors helping religious groups provide social services as long as "public funds are not used to proselytize or discriminate."
Vows to double the Peace Corps (AP)."
They aren't winning me over with any of those programs, if on the spending issue alone, never mind the philosophical disagreements on those now.
