[Apologetics] Fwd: GOP approves strongest pro-life platform

[Dianne Dawson]

I received this good news from my friend at South Carolina Citizens for Life. - Dianne

SCCL <sccl at bellsouth.net> wrote:From: "SCCL" 
To: "SCCL" 
Subject: GOP approves strongest pro-life platform
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:39:42 -0400

To:          SCCL e-mail tree
From:       Holly Gatling, Executive Director
Subject:     GOP Pro-Life Platform
Date:        August 27, 2004


Republican platform committee approves "strongest ever" pro-life position
http://www.lifenews.com/nat756.html

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
August 26, 2004

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Republican Party platform members
turned back efforts by abortion advocates to water down the
strong pro-life position the party has taken since 1976. They
voted to retain language in the party platform advocating a Human
Life Amendment to the Constitution that would afford legal
protection to unborn children throughout pregnancy.

Members of the Republicans for Choice group were rebuffed in
their efforts to add a so-called unity amendment, pointing out
that some Republicans differ with the majority of the party on
the issue.

Instead, platform writers adopted vague language noting that some
Republicans differ on political issues but the party would
"respect and accept that members of our party can have deeply
held and sometimes differing views."

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a pro-life former national party
chairman, objected to singling out abortion in the unity
amendment. The less specific language was adopted on a 74-18
vote.

Attorney Jim Bopp, who has done legal work for numerous pro-life
organizations, told LifeNews.com, the platform was "the strongest
pro-life platform the Republican Party has ever adopted."

"The Republican Party is unified around its pro-life position.
There was much less dissent on the pro-life issue than ever,"
Bopp explained.

But, Ann Stone, founder of Republicans for Choice, objected to
the language and said the platform would alienate moderate
voters.

"We are the margin of victory," Stone told the Houston Chronicle.
"Our people have been civil and silent before. And they expect
more of the same. But if we want to continue being the governing
party, we are going to have to be more open-minded."

However, a study published by the Gallup Poll Special Report
entitled "Public Opinion About Abortion -- An In-Depth Review"
said "the abortion issue has been an advantage for Republican
candidates" for all six presidential elections from 1984 to 2000
because of the nominee's pro-life position.

According to the Gallup, of the 14% of voters who said abortion
was one of the most important issues in deciding whom to vote for
in the 2000 presidential election, 58% supported Bush, while only
41% voted for pro-abortion candidate Al Gore.

The GOP platform also includes language backing President Bush's
August 2001 policy prohibiting the federal funding of any new
embryonic stem cell research.

"We strongly support the president's policy that prevents
taxpayer dollars from being used to encourage the future
destruction of human embryos," the proposed language reads.

Despite objections to the policy as a so-called "ban," the Bush
administration has spent $190 million funding the use of adult
stem cells, which are considered a more ethical and effective
alternative.

The proposed platform goes to the full convention for
ratification on Monday, without further debate.


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