NARAL Criteria: Case in Point

Thank you, Fr. Araujo, that link is very helpful.  Here is the first entry under Senate votes from the 2007 congressional record on choice votes from the NARAL website: 

"Unborn Child" Regulation. Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, H.R.976. Allard (R-CO) amendment to codify the Bush administration's controversial "unborn child" regulation that allows states to make an embryo or fetus - but not a pregnant woman - eligible for health-care coverage. The amendment was an effort to erode further the legal framework for abortion rights by recognizing an embryo, from the moment of conception, as a separate beneficiary of government programs. Rejected 49-50; a pro-choice vote (+) was against the amendment (8/2/07).

With no background on the legislative history of this particular bill, I don't want to wade in over my head, but from a CST perspective this seems pretty complex - and one's vote on this legislation might also be characterized as grounded in a belief that health care coverage should be extended to pregnant women.  My point being, there are a number of complexities behind the NARAL "score" that can obfuscate the deeper questions about how a commitment to foster a culture of life takes shape in the context of a legislative agenda.