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Democratic candidates don’t talk about abortion

When ten candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination debated July 31, they fielded questions for nearly three hours on a range of issues, from immigration to healthcare reform, slavery reparations to dark psychic forces. But one subject was not raised: abortion. The absence of any discussion of abortion during the debate was surprising – even to abortion advocates – because voters care about the question. [1]