“200+ years ago?”
How about 150 as in 1856?
History’s a great teacher if you don’t ignore its lessons.
Political parties who turn to squishes on fundamental core principals are destined for the ash heap of history.
In this case the Right-to Life plank has been in the party platform since 1980. Nominating a full-throated Roe supporter, Giuliani, will be a direct repudiation of that platform that’s existed through 6 presidential elections and will invariably cause the social conservatives, including me, to bolt the party just as anti-slavery Whigs did from their party in 1856.
Some things are too fundamental to wave off.
I believe in the right to life. I also believe in my life. The right to life principle means nothing when the savages get here and heads begin to roll.