This is a polar opposite plank to the Democratic right to kill platform and goes further in pledging support to shore up ancillary programs that empower and enable women to choose life. I am actually shocked at this dramatic escalation to protect women and children from being exploited by the abortion industry.
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"Faithful to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence, we assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the final GOP platform draft says.
"We support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children," it added.
"The work of the platform committee makes clear, in no uncertain terms, that the Republican Party is the pro-life party," she added.
With the Supreme Court serving as the main arbiter of abortion law in the United States, the Republican Party expressed its support for the kind of sensible judges its presidential candidate John McCain has said he would nominate.
"We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity and dignity of innocent human life," it said.
The platform talks about the progress pro-life advocates have made in moving towards the day when unborn children are protected under the law and applauded the Supreme Court for upholding the partial-birth abortion ban.
It also noted the party's opposition to taxpayer funding of abortion and support for parental involvement initiatives.
The Republican party platform also applauded the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which has become an issue in the presidential election as Barack Obama opposed an Illinois version of that law, which requires proper medical care for newborns who survive botched abortions.
The GOP also included strong statements supporting pregnant women, but went further than their Democratic counterparts.
"We all have a moral obligation to assist, not to penalize, women struggling with the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy," it says. "its core, abortion is a fundamental assault on the sanctity of innocent human life. Women deserve better than abortion."
"Every effort should be made to work with women considering abortion to enable and empower them to choose life," it goes on to say.
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