Title: The Trouble with the Agenda of the Democratic Party | The Whole Life Democrat
Headings: The Trouble with the Agenda of the Democratic Party
The Trouble with the Agenda of the Democratic Party
Content: The party platform says, “Democrats will always fight to end discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, language, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.” But the party is noisily silent on how abortion is disproportionately practiced on one race. Black women account for roughly 38% of all abortions in the country though they comprise 13% of the population. Black pastors said as much in an open letter to Mrs. Clinton last year. “ Both nationally and in New York City, the abortion rates among black women are much higher than among any other demographic group,” they wrote. They ended with the question, “don’t black lives matter?” There has been no response. The party platform says, “we will abolish the death penalty.” The party does not explain the logic of being opposed to the death penalty on the grounds the death penalty is imposed far more often on people of color while being okay with abortion, which is performed far more often on people of color. The party platform says, “We are committed to creating a society where children are safe and ca