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Trump: I would change GOP platform on abortion
CNN ^ | 04/21/16 | David Wright

Posted on 04/21/2016 10:32:44 AM PDT by writer33

Donald Trump said Thursday he would change the Republican Party platform's position on abortion to include exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.

Trump made the remarks during a town hall on the "Today" show on NBC on Thursday morning when host Savannah Guthrie asked him about abortion exceptions.

"The Republican platform every four years has a provision that states that the right of the unborn child should not be infringed," Guthrie said. "And it makes no exceptions for rape, for incest, for the life of the mother. Would you want to change the Republican platform to include the (abortion) exceptions that you have?"

"Yes, I would. Yes, I would. Absolutely," Trump said. "For the three exceptions, I would."

Currently, the Republican platform abortion policy reads: "We assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed."

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To: Hieronymus
He may be the most conservative liberal that can win the presidential election, but I have sincere doubts that he is even a liberal conservative.

Then what he is saying is that a Conservative is no longer electable given the makeup of the electorate in 2016. And sadly I'm coming to believe that might be the case.


321 posted on 04/21/2016 11:48:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Logical me
The losers are on the run.

I agree. FR is going just wild over this (and you should note that GW Bush had the same exceptions in his pro-life position) and there's the bathroom thing. Have a look on the Net and see where anyone else is going as crazy over this as FR. The moderators should come in and freeze 90% of these excessive, hysterical threads. I disagree with Trump on the bathrooms and even on these exceptions on abortion, but it doesn't change the fact that I still support him. Clearly, this is a slow news day for people to be getting this worked up.

322 posted on 04/21/2016 11:48:27 AM PDT by No Dems 2016
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To: proust

That will come.


323 posted on 04/21/2016 11:48:34 AM PDT by Slyfox (When someone tells it like it is, is it the truth?)
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To: TontoKowalski

I support the one exception, the life of the mother. Since this is a form of self defense, it is not immoral. However, it is rare in this day and age for obstetricians to have to choose one life over the other. I do not believe rape and incest should be exceptions.

However, there is another question here besides the moral question, and that is this:

Why do Republicans constantly force their Presidential candidates to answer “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” social issue questions? The result is that in order to be nominated, a candidate must publicly prove how conservative he is by taking a position which will prohibit him from being elected. It’s just stupid. The stupid party.

Sure, we want a conservative President, but we should be better at picking up signals when our front runner is needing to focus on the general election.

Here’s an example from one of the debates:

Trump: Repeal and replace Obamacare with a private sector plan.
Moderator: What about poor that can’t afford a plan?
Trump: We wouldn’t let them die on the sidewalk.
Moderator: Who would pay for that?
Trump: The government would take care of those people.
Cruz: So, Donald wants socialized medicine, just like Obamacare.

I say give Trump (and the others) some wiggle room when being forced to answer the gotcha questions from the left. He already said he wanted to appoint someone like Scalia to the SCOTUS, and that is the closest he’ll ever get to influencing abortion policy.


324 posted on 04/21/2016 11:48:35 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: doldrumsforgop

“How can he execute a unborn innocent baby?”

Because he’s a total fake who has no G-d but himself.

I would just like this moment to sink in for all the Trumpers to realize either:

A) They are suckers
or
B) They are not conservatives.


325 posted on 04/21/2016 11:48:43 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: writer33

Just noticed two most pro-life news sites on the internet, Drudge and Breitbart being deafeningly quiet about this.

Shame on them. They are putting Donald-freaking-Trump above their moral center.


326 posted on 04/21/2016 11:48:53 AM PDT by JenB987 (I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
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To: DaveyB

“Trump seems to not be all that interested in protecting the weak an innocent, seems he might be more interested in having a really hot piece of a$$.”

Trump has helped plenty of weak and innocent. do you need to be spoonfed a list?

Show us a vet or a child that Cruz has helped.


327 posted on 04/21/2016 11:49:28 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: austinaero
“Now I fear in the general election he will run to the LEFT of Hillary.”

He IS going to run to her left in issues involving Wall Street, lobbying and "free" trade.


328 posted on 04/21/2016 11:49:30 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: writer33

I believe this was reagan’s view also.


329 posted on 04/21/2016 11:49:42 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: Charlie Browns Gun

I agree that it’s a done deal, though I despise this country for what it has become. I can’t think of single leftist plank that has ever been enacted then overturned. So, the country is headed to hell. As a Christian, I mean that literally.


330 posted on 04/21/2016 11:50:09 AM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: jwalsh07

Trump has had the same position on abortion for years. The only new thing is you proving you are not informed and gullible apparently.


331 posted on 04/21/2016 11:50:29 AM PDT by Mechanicos (Trump is for America First. Cruz is for America Last. It's that simple.)
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To: austinaero
Begin by banning third-trimester abortions and the particularly odious partial birth abortions, Trump opposes both, and that’s a good first day. It’s a good start.

No. No. Hell no.

We can't have any further movement on this until we all agree that 14 year old victims of Muslim rapists are required to carry to full term.

"Compromise" is defeat!

332 posted on 04/21/2016 11:50:39 AM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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To: paladinan
I suppose reality plays no role in your thinking, then.

What's the platform say now ?

Would the proposed changes make it more or less likely that abortion other than in the cases covered by exemptions would be ended?

The majority of abortion could be ended with the exceptions in place, IMHo, based on how public opinion has changed. Without that much political cover the cowards that end up being our "representatives" will never even try.

Pretend what you like but defeating an enemy in detail isn't evil.

333 posted on 04/21/2016 11:50:50 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: No Dems 2016

The bathroom thing, though another very disturbing indicator of our headlong cultural plunge towards Sodom and Gomorrah status, will have little real effect.

With a transgender population of 0.001%, what are the odds that one of them is actually going to walk in on you?


334 posted on 04/21/2016 11:51:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

They both have excuses.

Roger Stone is a slimeball.

Phyllis is 91.


335 posted on 04/21/2016 11:51:30 AM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: pkajj

Some of the TExas legislation was blocked by SCOTUS.

But hey, illegal legislation is cool right?

http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/29/supreme-court-blocks-texas-pro-life-law-closing-abortion-clinics-saving-10000-from-abortion/


336 posted on 04/21/2016 11:51:44 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: chae
But he’s true conservative, Reagan 2.0 according to several Freepers, how can this be

Reagan 1.0 signed a bill allowing abortion in the case of rape/incest or to save a mother's life as Governor of CA. He found abortion repellent, but like the majority of people probably thought that telling a woman she had to have her rapist's child is equally repellent.

337 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:02 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Night Hides Not

“make him more unpalatable to the unwashed. “

Who are the washed?


338 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:10 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: writer33

Who is Trump to follow Reagan’s lead?


339 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:12 AM PDT by GeaugaRepublican (Ted Cruz is the Jr. Senator from Canada.)
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To: paladinan

Good, thoughtful post.


340 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:17 AM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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