In the past couple of years there has been a debate among Republicans about how strong the party’s official opposition to abortion should be. Some Republicans do not oppose legal abortions. Others are strongly pro-life. Others fall somewhere in between.
Some have suggested recently that the GOP should downplay its pro-life plank in order to focus on economic issues to win elections. Some in the pro-life movement are beginning to have doubts about the effectiveness for the protection of life of the coalition with the Republicans.
Amidst this debate, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has made an unprecedented decision to alter the agenda of the annual January RNC meeting to allow participants to go the March. In the past the meetings have conflicted with the March. Further, Priebus has had a bus arranged so that RNC participants can easily get from their hotel to the March. For more information see this Washington Times article.