The American Spectator

The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way.

Jennifer Rubin summarizes the DNC’s abortion extremism thusly:

Notice the platform doesn’t bother with the part of the Bill Clinton aspiration that abortions be “rare.” Moreover, the platform explicitly opposes any (parental notification, partial-birth abortion) regulation of abortion and considers public funding of any type of abortion to be a “right.” This means the Democratic Party would favor, for example, public funding of partial-birth abortions. Now, that is extreme.

Newt Gingrich made the same point about the Democrats’ abortion extremism over the weekend. As a side benefit, watch New York Times columnist Tom Friedman’s verbal convulsions as he tries to defend the Democrats’ indefensible platform:

Americans should be thankful the platform stopped short of taxpayer-funded infanticide. If President Obama wins re-election, perhaps we can expect that when Biden runs in 2016.