UPDATE: Prolife has been added back in by the RNC to the Republican Party platform, but is significantly weakened. View the new version in full here. The new language is weak when it should be strong:
4. Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).
The AZGOP delegation dissented to the weakened language saying “But on the issue of Life we dissent, and your delegates signed the minority report.” They released the below statement which clearly expresses the dismay of every ProLife Christian:
I have written extensively about the failed RINO Coup Attempt of Arizona Delegates, but many have not heard of the successful coup in Missouri: Missouri RINOs Pull a Fast One — Remove the Pro-Trump Delegates Elected at the State Convention in May or the attempts in South Dakota and several other states by corrupt leaders of the RNC and even the Trump Campaign. The reason now seems clear. Reports are flooding in that the RNC Platform Committee plans to completely remove the longstanding Pro-Life stance from the official Republican Party Platform. Newsmax Host Todd Starnes reported just an hour ago: “FROM MILWAUKEE: GOP leadership is dismissing concerns from Evangelical Christians about the party platform. They believe Christians will vote GOP even if pro-life language is stripped from the platform. One evangelical leader was told: “Where else will your people go?” and “Republican Party Platform Committee Members have been told they will not be allowed to bring cell phones to tomorrow’s meeting. Members have also been told they will not be allowed to take copies of platform out of the room” and most concerningly: “The Republicans don’t want to just water down the party platform’s position on the unborn. They want to completely remove it. GOP leadership seems to believe Evangelical Christians will still get their votes even if they jettison the pro-life, pro-traditional family and pro-religious liberty” .
This is disgraceful and completely unethical behavior. Contact your delegates immediately regarding the platform here and contact Chairman Whatley on X and Lara Trump on X demanding they preserve these values in the platform and reinstate all elected delegates or resign.