Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Many pro-life Democrats lose
The Christianity Today politics blog has a pretty up-to-date tally of how pro-life Democrats (that is, Democrats "who voted for the original Stupak-Pitts Amendment (which would have banned abortion funding in the health care bill) and final passage of the health care bill (which did not include the Stupak-Pitts amendment)"). (My own representative, Joe Donnelly, is such a Democrat, and he won -- without a majority of the vote -- with, it appears, some help from the Libertarian candidate.)
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2010/11/many-pro-life-democrats-lose.html
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While many pro-life Democrats lost, not all did. Among the victors was Dan Lapinski (IL 3rd Dist.), who was one of the few members of Congress who strongly supported the Stupak-Pitts Amendment and who, in the absence of this amendment, voted against the final bill. In retaining his seat he won nearly 70% of the vote. See the link below.
http://elections.chicagotribune.com/results/congress/