25 DNC Speakers Defend Abortion

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- Led by President Obama and Vice President Biden, the Democratic National Convention saw 25 speakers reference the party's support for legal abortion, an average of eight speakers a night in what was the biggest emphasis on the issue since at least the 1992 convention.


It was a big change from recent Democratic conventions in which the party tried to downplay the issue. The 2004 Democratic nominee, John Kerry, didn't even reference abortion in his acceptance speech, and Obama, in his 2008 acceptance speech, mentioned "abortion" but only in the context that the two sides should work together to reduce the "the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country."  MORE