John McCain Will Not Change Republican Party's Pro-Life Platform on Abortion

Minneapolis, MN (LifeNews.com) -- The McCain campaign confirmed on Thursday that presidential candidate John McCain will not touch the Republican Party's platform that calls for legal protection for unborn children from abortion. In years past, McCain had wanted minor changes to allow for exceptions in cases of rape or incest.

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FaxNotes, 8-20-08

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To Friends and Supporters of RNC/Life:

Informed sources tell us that top-level officials in the McCain campaign have been calling certain state Party chairmen to find out what they think the reaction of Republican voters would be in the event that John McCain chooses a pro-abortion-choice running mate.

Why would they do that, unless McCain is seriously considering someone like Pennsylvania’s Tom Ridge, or even a liberal Democrat like Joe Lieberman?

John McCain will be 71-years of age if he is elected President. He has had four bouts with malignant melanoma. His continued good health is to be hoped for, but should not be taken for granted. The nominee for Vice President is of the utmost importance.

At Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church last Saturday, Senator McCain declared: “I will be a pro-life President and this presidency wil have pro-life policies. That’s my commitment.” Because he has made that commitment, the expectation on the part of many pro-life and pro-family conservatives that John McCain, if elected President, would nominate pro-life judges to the federal courts and the Supreme Court, would be totally dashed if he chooses a running mate who is not pro-life.

Please contact the McCain campaign to let them know your views on this matter.

It is our position that a VP nominee who is not pro-life is unacceptable. It would be a slap in the face to the base of the Party and would most likely cost McCain and the Republican Party, the election.

You may direct your comments to:


bheckman@mccain08hq.com

rdavis@mccain08hq.com

sschmidt@mccain08hq.com

Thank you.

NRL Update: Monday, August 18, 2008

Obama Cover-up on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Continues to Unravel After Sen. Obama Says NRLC is "Lying"

Senator Barack Obama's four-year effort to cover up his full role in killing legislation to protect born-alive survivors of abortions continues to unravel.

In the most recent developments, Senator Obama himself, in a videorecorded interview Saturday night with David Brody of CBN News (subsequently broadcast on both CBN and CNN), said three times that National Right to Life was "lying" in asserting that he had voted against a state bill virtually identical to the federal Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. He did not directly address newly uncovered documents that had been released by NRLC on August 11 -- documents that proved that he had done exactly that, contradicting four years of the Obama cover story.

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Does Ann Stone Want McCain to Lose?

Contact: Phyllis Schlafly - 314/721-1213
Colleen Parro - 214/559-4460

August 15, 2008

Republican fundraiser Ann Stone has resurfaced to tell the press that she is "hopeful that some tweaks will be made to platform language that deals with the hot-button issue" of abortion. "If we're successful, there will be language in that plank or elsewhere that McCain wants to take a different track in dealing with abortion."

Ms. Stone is inviting Senator John McCain down a dead end "track" to defeat, and it's unlikely that he will accept her advice since he has a consistent pro-life record. The Republican Platform has been pro-life ever since Roe v. Wade, and Republicans are too smart to subject themselves to "flip-flop" criticism.

Phyllis Schlafly, national chairman of Republican National Coalition for Life, pointed out that "in a close election, pro-life voters make the difference. If John McCain is to win in November, he must keep faith with the pro-life and pro-family base of the Party."

Republican National Coalition for Life successfully led the battle to defend the pro-life plank in the Republican Platform in the Conventions of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and expects to do it again this year despite Ms. Stone's press releases. Senator McCain has indicated he is not seeking any change in the pro-life language.

Since 1984, the Republican Platform has read in part: "The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed." Pro-life Republicans want to keep that language despite media agitation against it.

Obama and the Comfort Room, 8-08-08

http://www.rnclife.org/reports/2008/Summer2008.pdf

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The event will focus media attention on the life issues and the pro-life voters who represent the heart and soul of the Republican Party and the winning margin for pro-life candidates in close elections.

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Do Party Platforms Really Matter?, 8-01-08

A bit of history from Phyllis Schlafly

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