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Don't Fall for the GOP's Platform Lie ...about abortion
https://jessica.substack.com/p/dont-fall-for-the-gops-platform-lieThe abortion plank is extreme, no matter what the headlines say
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been tracking how anti-abortion activists and lawmakers are increasingly defining ‘late’ abortion as anything after the first trimester. And because ‘late abortion’ isn’t a real medical term, they can define and redefine it at will.
It’s not difficult to see how this translates to the GOP’s new platform, which promises to “oppose Late Term Abortion.” In combination with the language about constitutional protections for fetuses, it’s reasonable to read the platform as a vow to push for a national ban on ‘late’ abortion—again, which the GOP can define however they’d like.
instead of focusing on the document’s anti-abortion extremism, the press is covering the platform as a fight between the Trump campaign and hardline anti-abortion conservatives. Even worse, it’s being painted as a sign that the disgraced former president wants to temper Republicans’ extremist stance on abortion.
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been tracking how anti-abortion activists and lawmakers are increasingly defining ‘late’ abortion as anything after the first trimester. And because ‘late abortion’ isn’t a real medical term, they can define and redefine it at will.
It’s not difficult to see how this translates to the GOP’s new platform, which promises to “oppose Late Term Abortion.” In combination with the language about constitutional protections for fetuses, it’s reasonable to read the platform as a vow to push for a national ban on ‘late’ abortion—again, which the GOP can define however they’d like.
instead of focusing on the document’s anti-abortion extremism, the press is covering the platform as a fight between the Trump campaign and hardline anti-abortion conservatives. Even worse, it’s being painted as a sign that the disgraced former president wants to temper Republicans’ extremist stance on abortion.