The Republican Party is dropping language advocating federal abortion limits from its party platform, marking a major change for the GOP despite pushback from anti-abortion groups not to soften its stance ahead of the 2024 elections.

Prior to the platform’s adoption by the committee, the RNC took unusually aggressive steps to keep the language under wraps, barring delegates from using their phones, strictly controlling the release of drafts and prohibiting the media and most outside observers from attending, according to 10 people with knowledge of the proceedings.