New GOP Platform Strikes National Abortion Ban, Threatens Mass Deportations

The Republican Party on Monday offered up a new platform for the first time since 2016 that makes state-level control of reproductive rights in post-Roe America ― as well as the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants ― its official party line.

The RNC’s platform, adopted ahead of next week’s nominating convention and dedicated to the “Forgotten Men and Women of America,” is backed by former President Donald Trump, who is poised to become the GOP’s presidential nominee next week.

Trump blasted out 20 campaign promises derived from the platform, including “SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION,” “CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY” and “END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN.”

For the first time in decades , the party removed mention of a 20-week national abortion ban and a constitutional amendment asserting the sanctity of life — a clear softening of its stance on abortion rights.

The 2024 platform only mentions abortion once, in a reference to opposing the procedure late in pregnancy. Otherwise, it cedes control of the issue to the states, arguing that the 14th Amendment “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,” the document reads. “We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).”

Trump has not shared when in a pregnancy he thinks abortion should be outlawed. But he has said he supports in vitro fertilization, after a deeply unpopular Alabama ruling