I’d just like to hear them justify why they think the Republican Party is the pro-life party. Sure, the GOP makes a lot of anti-abortion noise during campaigns. But once in power it’s a different story.
Ronald Reagan campaigned on an anti-abortion platform. Once elected, he turned his back on the anti-abortion crowd. Bush II - and most of his allies in Congress - promised to ban abortion. And yet when Republicans controlled the House, Senate AND White House for a couple years during his Presidency - and the Democrats could not have stopped them - they… forgot?
Instead they stopped funding for international family planning programs. Something that doesn’t affect American voters. (And which likely leads to an increase in abortions.)
Granted, now they work harder to give the appearance of doing something. Like spreading myths and lies about Planned Parenthood so that they can launch “investigations.”
The closest thing to a real exception is Bush II’s change to the Nixon-era “Right of Conscience Law.” But let’s be honest here: This was done two days before Obama took power as a dirty trick, a change Republicans would never make otherwise. A change made AFTER they lost the election. In changing it back, Obama mirrored the policies of the last five Republican presidents while they were in office. (Including the first 2920 days of Bush II’s 2922 days in office.)
Beyond grandstanding the only support the GOP give to the cause is when they think they can get away with it without the general public noticing. Usually at the state level where it gets a lot less press. Once in office they’re a whole lot less committed to the cause than during elections.
