[Alpines] legitimate rape - round 2

[Thomas Hill]

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round 2

G.O.P. Approves Strict Anti-Abortion Language in Party Platform

By
MICHAEL COOPER

Even as the Republican establishment continued to call for
Representative Todd 
Akin of Missouri to drop out of his Senate race because
of his comments on rape 
and abortion, Republicans approved platform language
on Tuesday calling for a 
constitutional amendment outlawing abortion with no
explicit exceptions for 
cases of rape or incest.

The anti-abortion plank,
approved by the Republican platform committee Tuesday 
morning in Tampa, Fla.,
was similar to the planks Republicans have included in 
their recent party
platforms, which also called for a constitutional ban on 
abortions. The full
convention is set to vote on the partys platform on Monday.

While Republican
officials stressed that the plank did not go into granular 
details, saying
that they were better left to the states, the language of the 
plank seems to
leave little room for exceptions to the abortion ban. It states 
that the
unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be
infringed.

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, said 
the draft platform language approved Tuesday, which was first
reported by CNN. 
We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and
endorse legislation to 
make clear that the Fourteenth Amendments protections
apply to unborn children.

The timing of the approval of the Republican
anti-abortion plank was awkward for 
Mitt Romney, who has denounced Mr. Akins
comments about rape and abortion and 
who has said that he supports exceptions
to allow abortions in cases of rape. 
And it comes as his selection of his
running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan 
of Wisconsin, was already drawing
scrutiny for his support for a more absolute 
ban on abortions, even in cases
of rape or incest.

But Mr. Romney would hardly be the first Republican
nominee at odds with his 
partys more absolute opposition to abortion. Just
four years ago, the Republican 
Party adopted a platform with a similar plank
seeking an unconditional ban on 
abortion, even though its nominee, Senator
John McCain of Arizona, had urged the 
party in the past to allow certain
exceptions. George W. Bush also supported 
outlawing abortion except in cases
of rape, incest, or when the life of the 
pregnant woman was in danger.

After
this years abortion plank language was approved with little debate, the
chairman of the platform committee, Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, praised
the 
committee for affirming our respect for human life and for doing so
expeditiously.
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