THE MOST PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

  

THE MOST PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

In pursuit of the truth - http://www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com - Tuesday, July 26, 2016

 

Ref. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/2016-republican-party-platform-the-most-pro-life-ever

    

Excerpts: The 2016 Republican Party platform strengthened its pro-life plank to call - for the first time - for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, banning dismemberment abortion, opposing assisted suicide, halting the Obama administration's transgender restroom edit, restoring the traditional definition of marriage, and recognizing pornography as a public health hazard....

 

    The 2016 platform reiterates the GOP's support for a Human Life Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, clarifying that the 14th Amendment protects unborn children from being deprived of life, liberty of property without due process of law....

 

    However, the party made history by encouraging states to defund Planned Parenthood - the nation's largest abortion provider - by name, as well as further penalizing the sale of fetal organs....We call on Congress to enact a ban on any sale of fetal body parts. In the meantime, we call on Congress to ban the practice of misleading women on so-called fetal harvesting consent forms, a fact revealed by a 2015 investigation. We will not fund or subsidize healthcare that includes abortion coverage....

 

    The GOP also backs efforts "to exclude abortion providers from federal programs such as Medicaid and other healthcare and family planning programs so long as they continue to perform or refer for elective abortions or sell the body parts of aborted children."...

 

    "The Democratic Party is extreme on abortion." the platform says. "Democrats" almost limitless support for abortion, and their strident opposition to even the most basic restrictions on abortion, put them dramatically out of step with the American people." The platform strongly supports parental rights, opposing "school-based clinics that provide referral or counseling for abortion and contraception." New York City schools distributed 12,721 doses of Plan B, the morning pill, without parental approval in 2012 alone....

 

Marriage and Restroom Privacy:

    Delegates maintained their opposition to judicial activism throughout the document, particularly committing the party to support marriage. "We do not accept the Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage. "We do not accept the Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage," the platform reads, "and we urge its reversal, whether through judicial reconsideration or a constitutional amendment returning control over marriages to the states."

 

    For the first time, the document also mentions the issue of transgender restroom, shower, and intimate facilities use in public accommodations. The platform lambasts the Obama administration officials' "unconstitutional expansion" into every facet of American life, from ObamaCare "to school restroom policies." "Their edict to the states concerning restrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities is at once illegal, dangerous, and ignores privacy issues,": the document says, "We salute the several states which have filed suit against it." ...

 

    "This platform includes a strong affirmation of life, marriage, and religious liberty. The platform calls for the defunding of Planned Parenthood and repeal of ObamaCare. It calls for the repeal of the 1954 Johnson amendment that seeks to prevent churches and pastors from endorsing condidates," said Mat Staver. the founder of Liberty Counsel. "The platform rejects the LGBT agenda and calls for action for activist judges. Paul Singer's attempt to push same-sex marriage and LGBT agenda was soundly defeated." .... His representative was soundly defeated by the 112-member platform committee that included Family Research Council President Tony Perkins...

 

GEORGE H. KUBECK

 

Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser, "Notably, Republicans moved to advocate for the codification of the Hyde Amendment, longstanding bipartisan legislation which protects the conscience rights of taxpayers by ensuring public funds are not used for abortion on-demand. The new Democratic Party platform, on the other hand, supports real of the consensus policy."