Conservatives eye second-term Trump agenda with hope and skepticism

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Former President Donald Trump is putting his stamp on the Republican platform, and not all conservatives like it.

There has been a substantial revision to the plank on abortion, along with a reduction in the number of times the issue is mentioned compared to 2016. There has been anti-abortion language in the platform since 1976, though this has been the first that will be adopted after the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

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