'Trump and Pence Are a Dangerous Ticket:' Talking Abortion and Mike Pence at the RNC
CLEVELAND— This year’s Republican platform is the first to mention Planned Parenthood by name. The Fifth Amendment of the platform, dedicated to “Protecting Human Life,” opposes the “use of public funds to perform or promote abortion or to fund organizations, like Planned Parenthood, so long as they provide or refer for elective abortions or sell fetal body parts rather than provide healthcare.” It also supports a “human life amendment to the Constitution,” as well as advocates legislation that would extend the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections to apply to children before birth.