Jeff Greenfield points out that Senate candidate Todd Akin's reprehensible comments on rape, are in line with the GOP platform.
Jumping ship: The party platforms no one stands on anymore (Yahoo! News)
In the furor over Todd Akin’s inventive understanding of biology, we should not lose sight of another matter. His position on abortion--that the victim of rape should be compelled to bear her rapist’s child--has been the official position of the Republican Party for more than thirty years.
Indeed, the language of the GOP platform--all but certain to be adopted in Tampa next week--goes further. It declares that: "Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.”
Greenfield says that it doesn't matter, because party platforms don't matter. I don't agree; a platform plank is an endorsement.
The Republican Party has officially endorsed the idea that a rape victim should be forced to carry her attacker's child. Anyone who remains affiliated with the Republicans, shame on you.
(This is not an endorsement of the Democrats, BTW.)