The powers-that-be in the GOP have watered down that plank with stupid, immoral, unconstitutional regulatory provisions that are counter to the above, but this move by Trump destroys the Reagan plank once and for all.
A little history might be helpful:
In 1989, the pro-abort forces in the Republican party decided they wanted to get rid of the pro-life plank. Roger Stone and his then wife Ann, founded the Republicans for Choice dedicated to the proposition that the entire pro-life mentality in the Republican party needed to go. Phyllis Schlafly and her Eagles formed the Republican National Coalition for Life and intended to protect and shore up the pro-life plank. Each convention after that a possible battle in the platform committee was alleviated because EF did their homework and won the battle over the likes of Roger Stone, his Republicans for Choice and Karl Rove.
For Trump to think that he can just snap his fingers and make his will that of the RNC Platform shows his true ignorance of how things work. Our platform is a result of the grassroots beginning in the precinct and district conventions making their opinions known that then go to the state conventions and then onto the RNC platform committee.
Today, after many years of tweaking that original 1984 pro-life platform, our plank is actually stronger than the one written in 1984.
It is foolish of anyone to think that they can just come in at the end process at the national convention and make major changes. That is how they do it in the DNC. Maybe Trump ought to go over there.
And yet Roger Stone and Phyllis Schlafly both support Trump.
Strange bedfellows indeed.