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Downplaying abortion is right call for GOP platform — at least for now

Republicans have adopted a platform, in advance of the party convention next week in Milwaukee, that might manage to be a significant disappointment to abortion supporters and opponents alike. The approved platform mentions the procedure only once. It tacitly refers to the landmark fall of the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure, stating, “after 51 years, because of us, [due process] power has been given to the States and to a vote o…