Pence slams RNC platform changes on abortion

Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed the new Republican National Committee platform on abortion as “a profound disappointment” in a statement Tuesday.

“The RNC platform is a profound disappointment to the millions of pro-life Republicans that have always looked to the Republican Party to stand for life,” Pence said.

“Now is not the time to surrender any ground in the fight for the right to life,” he continued. “The 2024 platform removed historic pro-life principles that have long been the foundation of the platform. I urge delegates attending next week’s Republican Convention to restore language to our party’s platform recognizing the sanctity of human life and affirming that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed.”

The RNC’s platform committee approved a 2024 GOP platform on Monday that abandoned language advocating for federal abortion limits. The updated platform comes a week before the party is expected to confirm as its presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, who says abortion regulations should be left up to the states.

“We proudly stand for families and life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied life or liberty without due process, and that the states are, therefore, free to pass laws protecting those rights,” the platform reads.

Pence described the new platform as “part of a broader retreat in our party, trying to remain vague for political expedience.”

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“But beyond the politics of the issue is the immorality of ending an unborn human life. We must never lose the moral clarity to say that abortion is wrong,” the former vice president added. “The GOP platform may be retreating, but we in the pro-life movement never will.”

Pence previously called Trump’s softened abortion stance a “slap in the face” and condemned the former president for leading the Republican Party astray on the issue in an April New York Times guest essay.