Federal abortion ban eliminated from Republican party platform

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted at 9:34 AM, Jul 18, 2024


For the first time in 40 years, a federal abortion ban has been eliminated from the Republican Party's platform.

The 16-page document removes calls for constitutional changes banning abortion nationwide but still protects the life of a fetus. The platform supports former president Donald Trump's political position of leaving each state to render its own laws.

The platform states in part, "We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied life or liberty without due process, and that the states are, therefore, free to pass laws protecting those rights."

It's a significant move for a party that worked for decades to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/abortion/federal-abortion-ban-eliminated-from-republican-party-platform

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The party of KNOWN pathological liars, lies again. A leopard never changes its spots.

[BOSSHOG]

1. Made invisible

In attempt to persuade whomever that they really give a damn about females of any age in our country. The zealots will ensure IT will remain alive long after Milwaukee is in their rear view mirror. The desire to control is an addiction.

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. And the Corporate Media

and their pundits will now gleefully report that a federal ban is no longer on the table in order to help Trump.

[Freddie]

3. Don't buy TFG's "moderation" a second.

And you’ve heard what the charming Mr. Vance has to say. The spawn of rape is far more important than the victim of a heinous crime.

[DoBW]

23. It's bogus

everything's a con with them

[republianmushroom]

4. LAIRS

Look at the smallest print and you will find the words "just kidding".

[Faux pas]

5. Baiting and switching

and lying oh my.

[OLDMDDEM]

6. Removing it means nothing,

They would do the ban anyway once in office.

[Biophilic]

7. And that means squat. It's still part of their long term plan. We cannot trust them.

[Bengus81]

8. Oh please...such BULLSHIT. It's been "removed" for now because it's so TOXIC and losing them support

If Fat HITLER makes it to the WH it will **GASP** suddenly be a part of the Trump agenda.

[in2herbs]

9. Federal abortion ban eliminated from Republican party platform

The fact that the Rs are pushing fetal personhood is the reason they removed it. Once fetal personhood is the rule of law, and this is the law they are pushing for, abortion will be outlawed defacto.

[riversedge]

15. This allows states to charge the women with murder!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. Fetal personhood surpasses a national abortion ban. Nt

[Mysterian]

11. Yeah, that'll fool 'em.

That's the first thing they'll try if they seize power.

[onetexan]

21. Yep. We all know it's a lie to buy votes, to get into office. It's all downhill from there.

[CousinIT]

12. Doesn't mean they are not still going to enact it. n/t

[Progressive dog]

13. A fetus cannot be denied life or liberty

while it is 100% dependent upon it's mother, who is being denied liberty. Due process boils down to the decision of the owner of the womb and her doctor. The thirteenth amendment bans involuntary servitude totally, there is no exception for women who become pregnant.
What the hell is the matter with these people?

[alarimer]

14. Sorry, I misunderstood

Fetal personhood makes absolutely no sense.

[SunSeeker]

16. They have already overturned Roe v. Wade. The bans are already in place in red states.

The national ban will come, whether it's in the platform or not, if Trump wins.

[XanaDUer2]

17. Liars

[Ray Bruns]

18. Any one check the fine print on the back cover?

[Bayard]

19. So, will they now claim they're all for abortion publicly?

I doubt any of the MAGAt plebes will read their damn manifesto.

[Rocknation]

20. That hardly means that they WON'T do it

IF Trump wins.


Rocknation

[intheflow]

22. Suuuuure it has. 😉

[kwolf68]

24. Remove it from platform

But practice it anyway. The platform is nothing, what is important is the shit actually being done to women, who are having their rights systematically taken away by these freaks.

[valleyrogue]

25. This isn't their real "platform" anyway.

Project 2025 is.

[dlk]

26. Now you see it, now you don't...

It’s like the alligator lurking just beneath the surface in the swamp

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. Their platform means shit.

It's a doc that will be disregarded should they win the election.

[dalton99a]

28. "Trust us"

a.k.a. "Believe Me"

[Marthe48]

29. Damn brother, I wouldna told that

Lies or cover up. With rwnj, those are the choices.

[Takket]

30. Eating faces eliminated from Leopard Party platform......

just trust us..........

[sakabatou]

31. Eliminated... for now

[Algernon Moncrieff]

32. They know it's a losing platform issue

Trump has said as much. But Vance will be out there touting a national ban to the evangelicals, and business leaders are coming to support abortion and birth control restrictions or bans as an expedient to raise the historically low birthrate.

[suegeo]

33. Don't Fall for the GOP's Platform Lie by JESSICA VALENTI

https://jessica.substack.com/p/dont-fall-for-the-gops-platform-lie

The abortion plank is extreme, no matter what the headlines say
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been tracking how anti-abortion activists and lawmakers are increasingly defining ‘late’ abortion as anything after the first trimester. And because ‘late abortion’ isn’t a real medical term, they can define and redefine it at will.

It’s not difficult to see how this translates to the GOP’s new platform, which promises to “oppose Late Term Abortion.” In combination with the language about constitutional protections for fetuses, it’s reasonable to read the platform as a vow to push for a national ban on ‘late’ abortion—again, which the GOP can define however they’d like.

In other words, despite media claims that Republicans removed support for a national ban in platform, I’d argue that they very much did not. The language is vague and obfuscates, yes. But that’s deliberate. It’s also why Trump’s campaign and conservative activists worked so hard to play the media before this new platform was released.