The Democratic Standpoint On Abortion

The Democratic standpoint on abortion is strongly in favor of Roe V. Wade and it includes a woman being given the opportunity and right to abort her pregnancy whether or not she can afford it. They support movements to decrease the number of unwanted or unintentional pregnancies. The democratic party is hoping to overall reduce the number of abortions, but they don’t want it to happen at the loss of the mother’s right to choose. They also support sexual education programs that will help couples understand birth control options and help them obtain them.
Bernie Sanders, on July 29, 2015, released a statement about the Republican effort to defund Planned Parenthood: "The attempt by Senate Republicans to cut off support for Planned Parenthood is an attack on women’s health. Stripping funding for Planned Parenthood would punish the 2.7 million Americans, especially low-income women, who rely on its clinics for affordable, quality health care services including cancer prevention, STI and HIV testing and general primary health care services. The current attempt to discredit Planned Parenthood is part of a long-term smear campaign by people who want to deny women in this country the right to control their own bodies." Hillary Clinton had an interview with Chuck Todd from NBC on April 3, 2016, in which she discussed her position on when and if fetuses do have constitutional rights. “Well, under our laws currently, that is not something that exists. The unborn person doesn 't have constitutional rights. Now, that doesn 't mean that we don 't do everything we possibly can in the vast majority of instances to, you know, help a mother who is carrying a child and wants to make sure that child will be healthy, to have appropriate medical suppo...

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...in, you may find that more citizens are pro-choice rather than pro-life. If you were to survey in New England, you would find that three-quarters of the population there feels that abortion should be legal in most, if not all, cases; but if you were to survey in states like Kentucky, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, or Arkansas, you would find that only four-in-ten citizens are pro-choice.
Conclusion
Throughout the past fifty years, and even longer than that, abortion has been an important topic for women. United States’ citizens are torn on the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” debate, the laws in the United States have changed throughout the years, political parties are split on the abortion legalization debate, and methods of abortion have changed throughout the world. The debate on legalizing abortion, or making it illegal, will probably not end anytime soon.