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00:03Republicans moved at Donald Trump's behest to change their party platform on opposing
00:07abortion and cede limits to individual states instead of pursuing a federal ban.
00:11The new 16-page Republican platform omits previous language supporting an amendment
00:16to ban abortion and instead asserts that the 14th Amendment guarantees the right to life.
00:21This reflects Trump's view that abortion limits should be decided by states, not the
00:24federal government.
00:26The platform change aims to avoid giving Democrats more attack lines in the 2024 election by
00:31removing explicit support for a national abortion ban.
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