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.
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. 
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should be up to states anyway. they did the right thing.
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Either it's morally licit or it's not. This isn't one that should be up to vote, regardless of your position.
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who decides what's moral
what about mormons who think caffeine is a drug that shouldn't be touched ever. should the government just ban it with no one getting a say?
what about the r-slurs on reddit who think owning a car is morally wrong. should the government ban cars?!
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This is such an r-slured line of argumentation. The reason abortion is different is that we are killing babies. Murder is already illegal, abortion kills a human baby, ergo abortion is murder and should be illegal.
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