Of the many topics about which moderators asked the Democratic candidates during the second round of debates, two crucial ones were noticeably absent: reproductive and disability rights.
While reproductive rights didn't come up at all during the second debates, several candidates at least referenced reproductive rights in the first debate. When asked about healthcare, Washington Gov.
Jay Insleethat he was the only lawmaker who successfully"passed a law protecting a woman's reproductive rights in health insurance and the only candidate who passed a public option." At the same debate, Sen. Amy Klobuchar asserted that all of the Democratic candidates support a woman's right to reproductive liberty. Sen.
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