WSJ McGurn: Pro-life Democrats, R.I.P.
WSJ McGurn: Pro-life Democrats, R.I.P.
When Bart Stupak announced Sunday he was now a "yes" on the health-care bill, six Democrats stood with him. Even that handful would have been enough to defeat the bill. Instead, they accepted the fig leaf of an executive order-and threw away all the hard-won gains they had made.
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Family Research Council reports there are 19 pro-life
Dems left "On the positive side, 19 Democrats voted against the
Senate bill and for the pro-life motion to recommit, which would
have added Stupak's ban to the Senate bill. They are:
Reps. Altmire* (Pa.), Barrow* (Ga.), Berry* (Ark.), Boren (Okla.),
Bright (Ala.), Chandler* (Ky.), Childers (Miss.), L. Davis (Tenn.),
Holden (Pa.), Lipinski (Ill.), Marshall (Ga.), Matheson (Utah)*,
McIntyre (N.C.), Melancon (La.)*, Peterson (Minn.), Ross (Ark.)*,
Shuler (N.C.), Skelton (Mo.), and Taylor (Miss.). (* Denotes
members with a limited or mixed pro-life voting record.)"
(WSJ reports 34 Democrats voted against the bill on final
passage.)