{"id":2290515,"date":"2024-07-08T13:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-advances-trump-backed-abortion-platform-that-avoids-federal-ban-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:05:23","slug":"rnc-advances-trump-backed-abortion-platform-that-avoids-federal-ban-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-advances-trump-backed-abortion-platform-that-avoids-federal-ban-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC advances Trump-backed abortion platform that avoids federal ban &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frnc-advances-trump-backed-abortion-platform-that-avoids-federal-ban-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290515&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Republican National Committee has advanced a Trump-backed abortion platform that avoids advocating for federal abortion limits. This decision marks a significant \u2062change \u2062for the\u2063 GOP,\u2063 despite pushback from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-when-media-freaked-out-over-amy-coney-barrett-and-the-right-wing-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Remember When Media Freaked Out Over Amy Coney Barrett And The Right Wing Supreme Court?\">anti-abortion groups<\/a>. The new language \u200cwould state the GOP&#8217;s \u2062opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">late-term abortion<\/a> but would not call for constitutional amendments or a national ban \u2064on the \u2064procedure. Instead, the platform would focus on supporting mothers and policies\u200b that\u2064 advance prenatal care, \u200baccess to birth control, and fertility treatments. This\u2063 change comes\u200d just\u200b in \u200btime for the Republican National Convention, where former \u200bPresident Donald Trump \u2064is expected to be nominated for the presidency. Despite\u200b pleas\u200c from anti-abortion \u2064groups, \u200bTrump has emphasized the importance of taking a strong stance on abortion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RNC advances Trump-backed abortion platform that avoids federal ban<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/cami-mondeaux\/\">Cami Mondeaux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T12:54:59-04:00\">July 8, 2024 12:54 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696084\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Republican Party is dropping language advocating federal abortion limits from its party platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3042754\/trump-urges-house-gop-offensive-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>marking a major change<\/a> for the GOP despite pushback from anti-abortion groups not to soften its stance ahead of the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>A proposal put before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3071030\/trump-knows-nothing-project-2025-heritage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee\u2019<\/a>s platform panel passed in an 84-18 vote Monday. The new language would establish that the GOP opposes late-term abortion but stop short of calling for any constitutional amendments or a national ban on the procedure, a source familiar confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Additionally, the platform would establish support for \u201cmothers and policies that advance prenatal care, access to birth control, and IVF (fertility treatments),\u201d according to the draft text.<\/p>\n<p>The language change happened just in time for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week, when delegates will nominate to the presidency former President Donald Trump, who has taken credit for the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> through his appointment of three Supreme Court justices while also saying abortion decisions should now be left up to states.<\/p>\n<p>The changes come despite pleas from anti-abortion groups urging Trump to \u201cmake clear that you do not intend to weaken the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-brace-for-fight-over-party-platform-on-abortion-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republicans brace for fight over party platform on abortion - Washington Examiner\">pro-life plank<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-abortion-letter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to a letter<\/a> sent to his campaign last month by 10 of the country\u2019s top anti-abortion groups, according to the <em>New York Times. <\/em>Those groups include organizations such as Marjorie Dannenfelser of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, and Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has urged GOP lawmakers to go on the offensive when it comes to abortion. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3042754\/trump-urges-house-gop-offensive-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>closed-door meeting<\/a> with House Republicans last month, Trump unveiled a strategy to hammer Democrats on abortion and to frame the opposite party as being too \u201cradical,\u201d a lawmaker told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The platform also comes as Trump has said he would not sign a federal abortion ban, arguing the matter should be left to the individual states which have taken various steps to block or expand abortion access in the aftermath of<em> Roe <\/em>being overturned. <\/p>\n<p>The RNC platform also includes changes to language on key issues such as immigration, same-sex marriage, trade, and election integrity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/08\/trump-abortion-republican-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the <em>Washington Pos<\/em>t. Other proposals include \u201cending\u201d the Department of Education, fighting the so-called weaponization of the Justice Department, and protecting Social Security and Medicare from any spending cuts. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696084\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696084\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican Party has made changes to its party platform regarding abortion, removing language advocating for federal abortion limits. Despite opposition from anti-abortion groups, the GOP now opposes late-term abortion but does not call for constitutional amendments or a national ban on the procedure. The new platform also includes support for mothers and policies that advance prenatal care, access to birth control, and fertility treatments. These changes come just before the Republican National Convention, where former President Donald Trump will be nominated for the presidency. Trump has been credited with overturning Roe v. Wade through his Supreme Court appointments and has advocated for leaving abortion decisions up to individual states. The platform also addresses other key issues such as immigration, same-sex marriage, trade, and election integrity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2290516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VanceTrump-scaled-1024x731.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4310,34221,6915,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2290515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abortion","tag-federal-ban","tag-rnc","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VanceTrump-scaled-1024x731.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}