I am pro-life, and no, I don’t think abortion is okay.
And I’m not avoiding the issue.
I said I am for throwing out the entire platform, because it’s all lies, and I’m pretty darn sure that includes the plank that you are asking about about.
And I’ll tell you what was really funny.
When Trump said if abortion is made illegal should women be punished for having abortions, and he said yes.
And then a whole bunch of “pro-life” GOP types threw a fit and exposed themselves as total phonies.
The GOP and its plank is not relevant at all to the matter of abortion.
They are obvious liars, and that has nothing to do with my personal position on the matter, so you can stop asking me about it, especially since I’ve answered you directly.
Isn’t Trump just proposing what Reagan had in place on the party’s plank position on abortion when he was President?
Reagan’s plank had abortion illegal EXCEPT for cases of Rape, Incest or if the mother’s life was in danger if she carried the baby to term.
Trump is proposing the same abortion plank position as Reagan’s. Don’t know why Cruz and others would have a problem with something that Reagan proposed.
Thanks for answering directly.
I don’t think what you say makes much sense, but ok.
Trump should team with Gingrich to write a new set of planks, limited to 5-7 meaningful items that everyone can agree to. Keep it simple and real.
Doesn’t make sense to me. Murder of any kind is murder, whether or not it is totally stopped. No, legal abortion hasn’t been totally stopped yet, but legislatures in several states have managed to make opening abortion clinics or keeping them open much less likely, not to mention the more personal laws about wait periods, reducing abortion time limits and forcing abortion salespeople to have to show their mark a sonogram before a decision is made. How do you ignore what Republicans have accomplished?
If the platform changes because of Trump, I don’t see a really good reason to vote for anyone who can’t get the basics right. On Judgment Day, killing innocent babies is going to override crossing a border without permission. And no, I do not support illegal border crossing aside from seeking sanctuary from evil people/governments.
Not so fast.
"Pro-life GOP types," even here on FreeRepublic, tend to be of the "Soup-kitchen" variety. They're "pro-life" as long as you agree to make provision for the care and feeding of the woman.
Point out that no man can force a woman to get an abortion, nor can he prevent her from getting an abortion, or suggest that giving men the right to "paper-abortions" will restore the natural societal dynamic of reproduction, and you will experience a level of hate and condemnation seldom seen outside of liberal echo chambers.
Please disregard my previous question. I didn’t get to the bottom of the thread.
Still, to abandon the pro-life plank opens up a horrible vacuum... as flawed as the GOP is, you have to stand for some basics.
I’m sure we all remember when the Dems denied God three times.