The Republican Platform:
Promoting a Culture of Life
As a country, we must keep our pledge to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence. That is why we say the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse legislation to make it clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.
Our purpose is to have legislative and judicial protection of that right against those who perform abortions. We oppose using public revenues for abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life.
I couldn’t agree with that more. That statement of policy has nothing to do with reading the 14th the way you want it read. That statement calls for a Constitutional Amendment banning abortion, and for legislation, which wouldn’t be needed if abortion were already banned under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution as it now stands.