Why do you think it's been in the platform since 1984?
Because the Republicans wanted to differentiate themselves from the Democrats. Been there, done that. Everyone knows that most Democrats are for abortion, and most Republicans are not. Now that that has been established, and we've seen that we STILL don't have a majority to either recognize the unborn under the 14th Amendment OR pass the HLA, let's see what we can actually do, in TODAY'S political climate to reduce abortions.