Former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign backed loyalists for Republican National Committee positions while blocking two hard-line anti-abortion activists.

The move reflects the campaign’s concerns over abortion in November, an issue that tends to favor Democrats in popularity on the national stage. Several members of the RNC revealed the blocking of South Carolina convention delegates LaDonna Ryggs and Chad Connelly for the platform committee to Politico.

Delegates will gather in Milwaukee to decide on the RNC’s platform beginning Sunday. Ryggs and Connelly pledged not to “water down” the party’s positions on abortion, marriage, and Israel, while the delegates favored by the Trump campaign pledged to support his positions.

The Washington Examiner reached out to Trump and the RNC for confirmation and comment.

The fear among anti-abortion hard-liners is that Trump will push through a change in the platform to his publicly favored leave-it-to-the-states position, in contrast to the current nationwide ban after 20 weeks. Ryggs and Connelly believe that a softening on abortion could cost the former president the election.

“I would strongly urge the leadership of the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to proceed with great caution on the platform and avoid doing anything that would discourage or in any way deflate the enthusiasm of pro-life and evangelical voters,” Faith & Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed said. “Right now, sitting here today, they are prepared to crawl across broken glass, to do everything in their power to see President Trump reelected. I don’t want to see anything happen that would change that current dynamic.”

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Danielle Alvarez, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign and the RNC, maintained that the specific language regarding abortion is still undecided.

After Democrats fought off a much-anticipated “Red Wave” in 2022, largely using the energy from abortion-rights activists angered over the repeal of Roe v. Wade, Trump has sought to establish a centrist stance on abortion.