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:marseysatanworship2: :marseysatanworship2: :marseysatanworship2: Republicans remove 'right to life' plank from party platform :marseysatanworship2: :marseysatanworship2: :marseysatanworship2:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258219/republicans-remove-right-to-life-plank-from-party-platform

While previous versions of the document said that unborn children have a "fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed" and called for a constitutional amendment to guarantee that right, this year's platform uses much more moderate language and emphasizes the role of states in protecting life.

It reads: "We proudly stand for families and life. 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."

The platform goes on to laud the overturn of Roe v. Wade and then express support for prenatal care, birth control, and in vitro fertilization (IVF).

"After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the states and to a vote of the people. We will oppose late-term abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance prenatal care, access to birth control, and IVF," the new document reads.

Some guy on the r/Catholicism thread helpfully has the 2024 vs 2016 language in a comment so you can see the differences for yourself.

I'm officially not voting in the federal election this year, I will for my state stuff still.

!chuds the Republicans suck so much it's unreal. Consider this my application to grillers/nonchuds. IDGAF about your realpolitik bullshit, either. :marseyindignant:

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They already, by and large, supported the death penalty :marseyshrug:

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Do you not see a fundamental difference in killing a baby vs killing a convicted murderer? :marseysad:

2267 Recourse to the death penalty on the part of legitimate authority, following a fair trial, was long considered an appropriate response to the gravity of certain crimes and an acceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good.

Today, however, there is an increasing awareness that the dignity of the person is not lost even after the commission of very serious crimes. In addition, a new understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the state. Lastly, more effective systems of detention have been developed, which ensure the due protection of citizens but, at the same time, do not definitively deprive the guilty of the possibility of redemption.

Consequently, the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person, and she works with determination for its abolition worldwide.

That's the Catechism of the Catholic Church, btw. We support neither.

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I know, I was saying that they already did not support a consistent life ethic

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