Donald Trump said that he wants to change the Republican platform so that it allows for abortion in the case of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.
This makes no difference to Christian followers like activist Phyllis Schafly, even though she rejects those exceptions (unlike other recent Republican nominees) and formerly fought other attempts to change the platform on this issue. The current language calls for a human life amendment and for legislation to apply the 14th amendment to unborn children.
From Trump Calls For GOP To Moderate Its Platform On Abortion : NPR:
Donald Trump wants the Republicans to alter the party platform on a fundamental issue for many conservative activists — abortion.
The GOP platform, which is formally adopted at the Republican National Convention, has included language every election year since 1984 with support for a human life amendment to the Constitution and a call for “legislation to make it clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.”
(The 14th Amendment says no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”)
When Trump appeared in a town hall segment on NBC’s Today Show Thursday morning, host Savannah Guthrie asked about that language: “The Republican platform, every four years, has a provision that states that the right of the unborn child shall not be infringed. And it makes no exceptions for rape, for incest, for the life of the mother. Would you want to change the Republican platform to include the exceptions that you have?”
“Yes I would. Yes I would. Absolutely,” Trump responded. “For the three exceptions, I would.”
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See also this, which includes the transcript of the interview and the context of the issue.
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