TRENDING: GOP platform committee approves tough anti-abortion stance

[Coyotl]

Source: cnn.com

Tampa, Florida (CNN) – Republicans drafting their party's official policy platform on Tuesday ratified a call for a Constitutional ban on abortion that makes no exceptions for rape or incest.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/21/gop-platform-committee-approves-tough-anti-abortion-stance/

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Akin has great timing! The spotlight is on the #WaronWomen now

[IDemo]

1. Surprise, surprise, surprise!

The Gomers don't surprise with this one..

[_Liann_]

2. Dangerously Wrong For Women

[AlinPA]

3. What party does Romney belong to? re: "by the party Romney will officially lead when he accepts

the Republican nomination next week."

"Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan sharply condemned Akin's remarks and pledged that under a Romney administration, abortion would be allowed in the case of rape."

It looks like the "no exceptions even for rape and incest" will pass.

[nobodyspecial]

4. Good. The stakes can't be more clear.

Most rational people don't want a total ban on abortion.

[freshwest]

5. Can Americans handle the truth about to GOP?

[tridim]

6. Impeccable timing GOP

I think this platform is going to sway my life-long moderate Republican parents.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. The rulers of the gop are rapists themselves.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

8. There's your American Taliban. n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

9. hammer meets

nail...you are so correct!!

[blkmusclmachine]

10. ZERO moderation in today's whacked-out, nutso GOP:

Even after 4 years of phony "bi-partisanship" crap that Obama loves.

Who could have known?!?!?

[Evasporque]

11. THis is why Akin is the deflection...

They knew we would attack them on WOmen so they beat us to the start by controlling the start...Akin was a plant and all the GOP does not do something without prior approval...from RNC and advisors.

On edit: Added the above