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To: Farmboy who wrote (668478)	8/21/2012 10:56:27 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 1583389

positions on rape Republican Party approves strict anti-abortion platform, earning rebuke from Scott Brown By Glen Johnson and Noah Bierman, Globe Staff The platform committee for next week’s Republican National Convention today approved a strict anti-abortion plank that prompted a rebuke from Senator Scott Brown as GOP candidates try to contain fallout from Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s comment about rape and abortion. Brown, a Massachusetts Republican locked in a close reelection campaign with Democrat Elizabeth Warren and eager to demonstrate his political independence, sent a letter to party Chairman Reince Priebus urging a more accommodating position. “I believe this is a mistake because it fails to recognize the views of pro-choice Republicans like myself,” the senator wrote to Priebus. “Even while I am pro-choice, I respect those who have a different opinion on this very difficult and sensitive issue. Our party platform should make the same concession to those of us who believe in a woman’s right to choose.” Warren warned anew today that Brown’s reelection could turn the Senate over to Republicans who oppose abortion rights, seek to defund Planned Parenthood, and want to repeal President Obama’s health care law. “He’s trying to advance a group that would have a profound effect on women,” Warren said during an event at the Omni Parker House on Beacon Hill. “Republicans are laying out their larger agenda and women must pay attention.”