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maddezmom

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Wed Aug 22, 2012, 12:30 PM Aug 2012

GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse The Todd Akin Platform

John Nichols on August 22, 2012 - 12:11 PM ET

Todd Akin announced Wednesday that he would not be attending next week's Republican National Convention. Apparently, RNC chairman Reince Priebus could not find a suitable speaking slot for the Missouri Republican U.S. Senate nominee after Mitt Romney asked Akin to quit the race.

But Akin will remain a powerful "presence" at the convention, which on Monday will endorse a platform that fully embraces the congressman's stances on abortion rights and a broad array of social issues.

The platform, which has been firmed up this week, renews the party's call for amending the U.S. Constitution with a "Human Life Amendment" that seeks to outlaw abortion. It also includes a "salute" to states that have sought, even in the absence of an amendment, to complicate access to medical procedures that the Supreme Court has determined are safe, legal and legitimate -- including requirements that women undergo invasive ultrasound procedures and accept anti-abortion "counseling."

Notably, despite the controversy over Akin's "legitimate rape" remarks, the formal position statement of the Republican Party mentions no exceptions to the bar on access to a safe and legal medical procedure, even for victims of rape and incest.

more: http://www.thenation.com/blog/169506/gop-convention-will-formally-endorse-todd-akin-platform#

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