Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Democrats who take a strong stand against abortion are few and far between — especially in the United States Senate. When Bob Casey defeated Rick Santorum for a Pennsylvania seat in the Senate pro-life advocates hoped Casey would vote the same as his predecessor; but, Casey cast his first pro-abortion vote last week.
Last Thursday, the Senate debate an amendment to a bill sponsored by pro-abortion Sen. Barbara Boxer of California regarding the Mexico City Policy.
Boxer’s amendment overturns the policy that President Reagan first instituted and President Bush revived in 2001 that protects taxpayers from funding groups that perform or promote abortions overseas.
Pro-life groups strongly opposed the Boxer Amendment, but it was adopted on a 53-41 vote. Just 20 minutes later, pro-life Sen. Sam Brownback offered an amendment to undo the Boxer amendment but senators defeated it by the same margin.
Casey voted for the Boxer amendment and but also for the Brownback amendment — taking a seemingly contradicting stand on the abortion funding issue.
On Monday, as David Freddoso of National Review notes, Casey said on the Senate floor that he had made a mistake — but not because he voted to fund foreign abortions and abortion advocacy.
He said that, on the pro-life Brownback amendment, �it was my intention to vote �nay.� Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome of that vote.�
Well at least Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson voted against it, but of course it passed with the help of the usual suspects of pro-abortion Republicans or Republicans that have a mixed pro-life record.
As for Sen. Casey I wished this surprised me at all.
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I always knew that Senator Casey’s pro-life position was a scam. That’s why I worked for his opponent. However, too many people were fooled. It’s sad, but I’m not surprised either.
Isn’t it too bad, his Dad was such a strong a pro-life voice that he was banned from speaking at the party’s convention
Well, well, well. What a shock. Casey is not only dishonest, but also, apparently, doesn’t pay attention to what he’s voting on.
Glad I didn’t vote for him.
Something else that strikes me about this story – if Casey voted “yea” for the Boxer amendment and “yea” for the Brownback amendment as well, and yet the margin was exactly the same (as the article states), then Casey can’t have been the only one to switch his position in those twenty minutes. Who was the senator who voted against both amendments, and did he/she make a mistake too?
Dissapointing. I doubt people will be pleased once they realize he’s another ‘multiple-choice’ politian. Just trying to himself look good by changing his vote to ‘yay’ on the pro-life Brownback amendment. Good to hear Sen. Ben Nelson voted against the first bill.
Casey Lied
and babies died!
I would covet your comments on the blog at http://www.familiesagainstplannedparenthood!!
On Saturday, pro-life will be marching at the Aurora, Illinois Planned Parenthood abortion site. The site had been scheduled to open on Sept 18th. This is a nation-wide issue-PP had recently erected sites in Texas and in Colorado.
Casey: “But, Lord, why do I have to go to hell? I was a good Democrat.”
Jesus: “You just answered your own question.”
I think everyone should pray for Senator Casey and all other politicians for that matter. He is obviously struggling with his conscience, which is in itself a positive sign. I hope he receives the grace to do what is right in his position and not succumb to the leviathan that is the pro-abortion agenda.
I don’t see that it’s obvious that he’s struggling with his conscience. I’m not even sure he has one, though I hope he does.
Two things to mention here.
First, Bob Casey, Sr. wasn’t always the pro-life he is today. When he vetoed an earlier version of the bill that later led to the SCOTUS Casey decision he was velified. His grounds were that the earlier bill would have been struck down. Probably right as the version in Casey did not pass “constitutional muster” in its entirty. The extent that the Democratic Party went to to humiliate Casey is one of the reasons I crossed the aisle and stopped being an uncomfortable Dem to being an uncomfortable Rep.
Second, those of us who have seen Jr. in action have known for a long time that he didn’t have Dad’s eyebrows or testicles. I suspect that somewhere in there there is a pro-lifer, but more strongly suspect that he wants Schumer and Billary to like him so that pro-lifer will remain cowering somewhere inside and not be seen on the Senate floor.
I wonder if Sen. Santorum hadn’t supported Sen. Arlen Specter, perhaps Sen. Casey would not have been elected.
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