The Republicans Platform For Abortion (DETAILS)
Outlaw It! The Republicans Platform For Abortion (DETAILS)
The “Human Life Amendment” is scheduled to be the biggest issue on the Republican platform.
The amendment to the Constitution would outlaw abortion across the nation – without making explicit exemptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother.
As reported by CNN:
“Faithful to the ‘self-evident’ truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed,” the draft platform declares.
“We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.”
Republicans have also inserted a “salute” to states pushing “informed consent” laws – an apparent reference to ultrasound bills that have moved through some state legislatures – “mandatory waiting periods prior to an abortion, and health-protective clinic regulation.”
The document, crafted Monday in a subcommittee meeting of the Republican Party’s official platform committee in Tampa, is being closely guarded by party officials but was provided to CNN by a Republican source here.
The GOP’s abortion platform hasn’t changed in 12 years; the same language was adopted by the party at their conventions in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
SOURCE: CNN
