The Texas Republican Party (RPT) supports abolition in its principles, legislative priorities and party platform.
RPT Principles
Current RPT principles state:
“We believe in the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, which should be equally protected from fertilization to natural death.”
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Legislative Priority
A legislative priority for the Republican Party of Texas calls upon the 88th Legislature (2023) to:
“Abolish abortion by ensuring the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization, including adopting effective tools to ensure the enforcement of our laws to protect life when district attorneys fail to do so.”
RPT Platform
Plank 36 of the current RPT platform states:
“Equal Protection for the Preborn: We urge lawmakers to enact legislation to abolish abortion by immediately securing the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization, because abortion violates the US Constitution by denying such persons the equal protection of the law.”
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Plank 218 of the current RPT platform states:
“Abolish Abortion: Since life begins at fertilization, we urge the Texas Legislature to abolish abortion through enacting legislation that would immediately secure the rights to life and would nullify any and all federal statutes, regulations, orders, and court rulings that would deny these rights.”
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