NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that Senator Bob Dole, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has released his position on how the issue of abortion should be dealt with in the party's platform. He hopes to avoid a big fight at the national convention in San Diego this summer. Dole said he endorses keeping language that calls for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, but that he would back new language acknowledging that Republicans differ on a number of issues, including abortion.
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