Led by Sunday School teacher and former President Jimmy Carter, pro-life Democrats are pressing President Obama and the Democratic National Committee to abandon support for taxpayer-funded abortions in the party platform.

Democrats for Life of America, touting new comments from Carter condemning abortion, tell Secrets that they are circulating a petition calling for a broader look at the life issue that they claim will lure in Democrats opposed to the party’s ardent pro-choice stance by using “neutral language” in the platform.