--- title: Democratic Platform: Guns, Abortion and Immigration description: The Democratic party released a platform at the Democratic National Convention party leaders called "aggressive" with "a bold vision." canonical: https://time.com/4422862/democratic-platform-guns-abortion-immigration/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-25T22:48:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:32:11.172Z article:section: Politics og:title: What the Democratic Platform Says About Guns, Abortion og:description: Party leaders called the platform "aggressive" with "a bold vision." og:url: https://time.com/4422862/democratic-platform-guns-abortion-immigration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4f430c3554db80/69889f2b2dce0155b59ea02f/landon-nordeman-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-election-photos-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL DNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What the Democratic Platform Says About Guns, Abortion twitter:description: Party leaders called the platform "aggressive" with "a bold vision." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4f430c3554db80/69889f2b2dce0155b59ea02f/landon-nordeman-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-election-photos-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read What the Democratic Platform Says About Guns, Abortion and Immigration by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 25, 2016 10:48 PM UTC  Scenes from the floor at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25, 2016. Scenes from the floor at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25, 2016.Landon Nordeman for TIME by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 25, 2016 10:48 PM UTC The Democratic party released its platform at the Democratic National Convention began on Monday night in Philadelphia. Over three weeks, 187 members of the party platform committee debate what language the document should include. Party leaders called the platform “aggressive” and a “bold vision” for where America needs to move in the next four years. The platform stands in stark contrast to the Republican platform unveiled last week. The Republican document opposed rights for transgender Americans, same-sex marriage, abortions and increased restrictions on gun ownership. Read what the Democratic platform says about abortion, guns and other hot-button issues below. To read the platform in full, click [here](https://www.demconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Democratic-Party-Platform-7.21.16-no-lines.pdf). **Read More:** [_Read the Republican Platform On Same-Sex Marriage, Guns And Wall Street_](http://time.com/4411842/republican-platform-same-sex-marriage-abortion-guns-wall-street/) **Abortion** --- > “” --- **Guns** --- > “” --- **LGBT Rights** --- > “” --- **‘War on drugs’** --- > “” --- **Immigration** --- > “” --- **Money in politics** --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4422862/democratic-platform-guns-abortion-immigration/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4422862/democratic-platform-guns-abortion-immigration/"},"headline":"Read What the Democratic Platform Says About Guns, Abortion and Immigration","datePublished":"2016-07-25T22:48:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:32:11.172Z","description":"Party leaders called the platform 'aggressive'","url":"https://time.com/4422862/democratic-platform-guns-abortion-immigration/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4f430c3554db80/69889f2b2dce0155b59ea02f/landon-nordeman-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-election-photos-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4f430c3554db80/69889f2b2dce0155b59ea02f/landon-nordeman-hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention-dnc-election-photos-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL DNC","caption":"Scenes from the floor at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25, 2016.","creditText":"Landon Nordeman for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4422862/democratic-platform-guns-abortion-immigration/","name":"Read What the Democratic Platform Says About Guns, Abortion and Immigration"}}]}] ```