GOP Platform To Call For Constitutional Ban On Abortion: Report

[Lakhota]

Draft language for the 2012 Republican Party platform includes support for a constitutional ban on abortion without specifying exclusions in the cases of rape or incest, according to CNN.

The news comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) suggestion that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant. The GOP Senate candidate running against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has faced calls to abandon his campaign from both parties despite attempting to walk back his remarks.

Details on the party's position also come with the Republican National Convention just one week away.

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the GOP platform states, according to CNN. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."​

More: GOP Platform To Call For Constitutional Ban On Abortion: Report

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[Lakhota]

No sane person would deny that abortion is ugly and traumatic, and I've never met anyone who is pro-abortion. However, I know lots of folks who are pro-choice.

Who has priority: Mother or fetus? Roe v. Wade gives the mother priority. Anti-choice zealots want to give the fetus priority.

What say you?

 

[Chris]

Republicans have been against abortion in the case of rape since 1976.

Now we are shocked, shocked I say that gambling is going on in here.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the GOP platform states, according to CNN. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

Sheer idiocy and ignorance.

And hypocrisy.

What happened to ‘let the states decide’? Supporters of this ‘amendment’ seek to expand the power of the Federal government and diminish our civil rights. It would seem local communities are allowed to enact measures representative of their values only when such measures conform to rightist dogma.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Not a good idea for our cities. Maybe we could give out free birth control for all within certain liberal strong holds?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

As predicted yet ANOTHER thread

 

[courseofhistory]

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the GOP platform states, according to CNN. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

Sheer idiocy and ignorance.

And hypocrisy.

What happened to ‘let the states decide’? Supporters of this ‘amendment’ seek to expand the power of the Federal government and diminish our civil rights. It would seem local communities are allowed to enact measures representative of their values only when such measures conform to rightist dogma.

And Flipper Romney will preside over this convention and this craziness! If that is a plank, then I don't see how Romney could possibly win.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I believe Singers goal was right on the money. I do not like Abortion at all, but well the other side of the coin is worse.

I'd rather there be easy to get birth control throughout the screw everything area's of this country.

 

[Lakhota]

Amending the Constitution was meant to be hard, which is why it's happened only twice since 1968. Any president looking at this record of futility would find plenty of reasons not to try.

One is that he's highly unlikely to succeed, and presidents don't look for opportunities to lose. Getting a constitutional amendment requires mobilizing a strong national consensus on a particular issue. It requires persuading each house of Congress to muster a two-thirds vote in favor of a specific proposal. And it requires ratification by three-quarters of the states.

More: Constitutional amendments: Candidates' phony constitutional amendments - Chicago Tribune

 

[Lakhota]

Two ways to amend the Constitution

The founders offered two mechanisms for changing the Constitution. The first is for the proposed bill to pass both halves of the U.S. Congress (House and Senate) by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it then goes to the states. While the Constitution does not impose a time limit on states for which to consider the amendment, Congress frequently includes one (typically seven years). In order to become an amendment, the bill must receive the approval of three-fourths of the states (38 states). This approval can be generated through either a state convention or a vote of the state legislature. In either case, a majority vote is necessary for passage. Often, the proposed amendment specifies the route which is necessary.

The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the state legislatures (34 states), and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. As of July 2006, this method has never been used.

U.S. constitutional amendment process - OpenCongress Wiki

 

[ScienceRocks]

Two ways to amend the Constitution

The founders offered two mechanisms for changing the Constitution. The first is for the proposed bill to pass both halves of the U.S. Congress (House and Senate) by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it then goes to the states. While the Constitution does not impose a time limit on states for which to consider the amendment, Congress frequently includes one (typically seven years). In order to become an amendment, the bill must receive the approval of three-fourths of the states (38 states). This approval can be generated through either a state convention or a vote of the state legislature. In either case, a majority vote is necessary for passage. Often, the proposed amendment specifies the route which is necessary.

The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the state legislatures (34 states), and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. As of July 2006, this method has never been used.

U.S. constitutional amendment process - OpenCongress Wiki

I believe breaking this country up between the red and blue area's would be a better idea. Don't you think?

 

[Lakhota]

Two ways to amend the Constitution

The founders offered two mechanisms for changing the Constitution. The first is for the proposed bill to pass both halves of the U.S. Congress (House and Senate) by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it then goes to the states. While the Constitution does not impose a time limit on states for which to consider the amendment, Congress frequently includes one (typically seven years). In order to become an amendment, the bill must receive the approval of three-fourths of the states (38 states). This approval can be generated through either a state convention or a vote of the state legislature. In either case, a majority vote is necessary for passage. Often, the proposed amendment specifies the route which is necessary.

The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the state legislatures (34 states), and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. As of July 2006, this method has never been used.

U.S. constitutional amendment process - OpenCongress Wiki

I believe breaking this country up between the red and blue area's would be a better idea. Don't you think?

Yes, with a Herman Cain killer fence separating them!

 

[ScienceRocks]

U.S. constitutional amendment process - OpenCongress Wiki

I believe breaking this country up between the red and blue area's would be a better idea. Don't you think?

Yes, with a Herman Cain killer fence separating them!

Sounds like a plan. The country is too effin divided for anything less.

 

[Lakhota]

Contraceptives are much cheaper and less traumatic than abortions or unwanted births.

Contraceptives should be FREE to any woman who wants them!

 

[tjvh]

Republicans have been against abortion in the case of rape since 1976.

Now we are shocked, shocked I say that gambling is going on in here.

Must you politicize everything? Republicans this, Conservatives that... Grow the fuck up, and use your own free will for a change you fucking imbecile.

 

[Stephanie]

boy oh boy, the dishonest threads are coming fast and furious now

hope they don't stroke out or something

 

[Stephanie]

No sane person would deny that abortion is ugly and traumatic, and I've never met anyone who is pro-abortion. However, I know lots of folks who are pro-choice.

Who has priority: Mother or fetus? Roe v. Wade gives the mother priority. Anti-choice zealots want to give the fetus priority.

What say you?

wow, you are friggen sick and twisted and get more so every friggen day
so someone wanting to give a fetus/ Child Priority is a zealot
stop dumping your paranoia all over us

 

[Lakhota]

Romney's scary religious roots are showing. What's next, another amendment to enshrine God in the Constitution? Why not just replace the Constitution with the Bible?

Mitt Romney: Church State Separation Taken Too Far By Some

 

[Avatar4321]

Good. Last thing we need is more children killed.

 

[martybegan]

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the GOP platform states, according to CNN. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

Sheer idiocy and ignorance.

And hypocrisy.

What happened to ‘let the states decide’? Supporters of this ‘amendment’ seek to expand the power of the Federal government and diminish our civil rights. It would seem local communities are allowed to enact measures representative of their values only when such measures conform to rightist dogma.

But they are using the proper mechanism, which requires 2/3 of the states to agree to it, as well as 2/3 of each house of congress. This is otherwise known as "Not a fucking chance in hell of happening"

Overturning Roe v. Wade is much more likely to occur, as the decsion itself is possibly one of the worst supreme court decsions ever to be made, right after Dred Scott and Plessy V Fergeson.