Where one stands on the issue speaks to character. It gives insight on where he will lean on things he can influence.
Now pro-life is no longer applicable in Conservative circles? All because of Trump?
Donald Trump has said a hundred times he is pro-life with the 3 exceptions of rape, incest and life of the mother. That is his stand. Many mainstream republican candidates have expressed the very same stand on abortion. Trump is not an outlier on this issue.