Just because it's murder doesn't mean they're against it
by digby
Oh please:
The 2012 party platform crafted in Tampa this week includes an abortion ban that makes no exceptions for cases of rape, incest or to save a mother’s life.
“Faithful to the ‘self-evident’ truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed,” the draft platform reads. “We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.”
But the party insists that its strict opposition to abortion doesn’t necessarily mean it objects to rape and incest exceptions. Instead, the RNC argues, it enshrined a broad set of principles that don’t delve into any policy details.
Exceptions to personhood? That's called murder.
But don't worry. It's not like they're all rigid about it or anything:
“So it’s not that we are being pro-exception or anti-exception — we are SILENT on exceptions and leave that up to the states,” the official said.
Interesting that they'd make a states' rights argument. I'd imagine they'll be quite a bit more viciferous in their support of fetuses to have the full protections of the 14th Amendment than they were for African Americans.
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