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By Alex Chediak, The Stream, July 11, 2024
Alex Chediak (Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley) is a professor and the author of Thriving at College (Tyndale House, 2011), a roadmap for how students can best navigate the challenges of their college years. His latest book is Beating the College Debt Trap. Learn more about him at www.alexchediak.com or follow him on Twitter (@chediak).
Obviously, I’m a little late to add my voice to the avalanche of those mourning the GOP platform’s leftward drift on abortion. By now, you know that former President Donald Trump’s people have ditched the principled pro-life language that had been a staple in Republican Party platform statements for more than 40 years; The Stream carried that story yesterday, and John Zmirak shared some insights about it shortly afterward.
But there’s still a lot to be said about it before the Republican National Committee votes on the new language at its convention next week.
How Big Is the Change?
Pretty big. Here’s the 2024 language:
“We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).”
