[Alpines] legitimate rape - round 2

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On 8/21/2012 2:41 PM, Thomas Hill wrote:
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> Sent: Tue, August 21, 2012 1:14:04 PM
> Subject: [Alpines] legitimate rape -
> round 2
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> 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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