The GOP’s draft abortion platform takes no position on the question of exceptions, an RNC spokesmen said on Thursday, in a sign that the party is concerned about being portrayed as out-of-the-mainstream on the issue.
Sean Spicer, communications director for the Republican National Committee, told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Thursday that the party’s pro-life draft platform, approved this week, was merely “a simple set of principles,” rather than a declaration that the party opposed any exceptions to abortion restrictions.
“There is no additional language, so to talk about exceptions or whatever is not found in the platform,” Spicer said. “We also have a principle that says we are for a balanced budget amendment. We don’t get into details about whether we support cuts here or there.”
The draft platform reads:
Faithful to the ‘self-evident’ truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we ass









