Trump’s Draft GOP Platform Softens Anti-Abortion Plank, Erases Former Objection To Same-Sex Marriage Entirely

The Washington Post reports:

The 2024 Republican convention platform that aides to Donald Trump have drafted stops short of explicitly calling for a constitutional amendment to give embryos or fetuses constitutional rights and does not call for any national bans on abortion, confirming the concerns of antiabortion activists.

The document, with a long introduction in the voice of Trump, the presumptive nominee, says that existing constitutional rights to due process grants states the power “to pass laws protecting those rights.”

The new platform draft also removes language from 2016 condemning the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. The new language does not weigh in on same-sex marriage at all. “Republicans will promote a culture that values the sanctity of marriage, the blessings of childhood, and the foundational role of families, and supports working parents,” it says instead.

Read the full article. This is exactly what evangelicals and hate group leaders have been screaming about for weeks.

New w @maggieNYT + @ShaneGoldmacher on Trump’s draft GOP platform: The abortion section has been watered down, removing federal ban. There is no longer a reference to “traditional marriage” as between “one man and one women.” And more –> https://t.co/7nBXIDDkhD

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) July 8, 2024