Title: Republican Views on Abortion | Republican Views
Headings: Republican Views on Abortion
Republican Views on Abortion
Abortion and the Constitution
Abortion Alternatives
Democrats vs Republicans on Abortion
President Richard Nixon on Abortion
Mitt Romney on Abortion
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Content: that an unborn child has a “fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed,” the endorsement of a “human life” constitutional amendment, which would ban abortion, a call for judges who “respect human life” by supporting such an amendment, and new laws to state that the fetus is a “person” under the 14th Amendment. While the current Republican Party platform contains no exceptions for rape, incest, birth defect, or risks to the mother’s health, these issues are controversial even within the party, with some republicans believing in exceptions for these cases, and others holding a very firm pro-life stance. As a means of fighting towards an abortion ban, republicans work at the federal level to defund abortion, and have even reached into the private sector by encouraging health insurance providers to not cover abortions. They seek Supreme Court justices who are likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, and push for incremental laws that are progressively stronger, hoping to begin a sway in public opinion. At the state level, they also seek incrementally stronger restriction laws, specifically in the hopes that one will provide grounds for an overturning of Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Abortion and the Constitution
The Republican Party seeks legislation that makes it 100% clear that the fourteenth amendment pertains to unborn children. Therefore, they support the appointment of judges who hold the same views on abortion, and will uphold these ideals when looking at the constitutionality of abortion. The most renowned abortion case is Roe v. Wade, which prompted a landmark decision regarding abortion on the part of the Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade was decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton. The court ruled, 7-2, that a women’s right to have an abortion was defended under the right to privacy by due process as outlined in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, as long as the right was balanced against the state’s two interests in regulating abortion: