NARALS "A" LIST
Speaking on the evil of abortion and that of cooperating in it by supporting pro-abortion legislation, the statement says:
"It is the teaching of the Catholic Church from the very beginning, founded on her understanding of her Lord's own witness to the sacredness of human life, that the killing of an unborn child is always intrinsically evil and can never be justified . . . To make such intrinsically evil actions legal is itself wrong . . . The legal system as such can be said to cooperate in evil when it fails to protect the lives of those who have no protection except the law."
--United States of Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholics in Political Life
NARAL advocates for unrestricted abortion rights and spends heavily to put pro-abortion politicians in office who will support their policies. NARAL has targeted nearly three dozen House races nation-wide budgeting $10 million for the 2008 election campaign — the most it has spent in any election year since 2000.
Scorecards for the U.S. Senate
NARAL Pro Choice America scored U.S. Senators based on their support of pro-abortion policies. Several Senators earned 100% scores by showing support for unrestricted abortion rights. Unfortunately some Catholic Senators are among them. Is yours?Catholic Senators on Naral's "A" List: Senators Salazar (D-CO), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Harkin (D-IA), Collins (D-MA), Mikulski (D-MD), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), McCaskill (D-MO), Reed (D-RI), Leahy (D-VT), Cantwell (D-WA), and Murray (D-WA).
Votes
1. “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 would
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).
2. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). FY’08 Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Brownback (R-KS)
amendment to strike language in the bill that would help ensure that the president cannot unilaterally cancel the U.S. contribution to UNFPA. For each of the last six years,President Bush has cancelled the appropriation for this important reproductive-health program. Passed 48 – 45; a pro-abortion vote (+) was against the amendment (9/6/07).
3. Global Gag Rule – Full Repeal. FY’08 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Boxer (D-CA) and Snowe (R-ME) amendment to repeal the global gag rule,
which denies U.S. assistance to any overseas health clinic that uses its own private
funds to provide or counsel about abortion care, or take a pro-abortion position. Passed
53 – 41; a pro-abortion vote (+) was in support of the amendment (9/6/07).
4. Global Gag Rule – Partial Repeal. FY’08 Department of State, Foreign Operations,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, H.R.2764. Brownback (R-KS) amendment
to strike a provision from the bill that would allow overseas health centers otherwise
ineligible for USAID funding under the global gag rule to receive U.S.-donated
condoms and contraceptives. The global gag rule denies U.S. assistance to any overseas
clinic that uses its own private funds to provide or counsel about abortion care, or take a pro-choice position. Rejected 40 – 54; a pro-abortion vote (+) was against the amendment (9/6/07).
5. Federal Health Grants. FY’08 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropri
ations
Act, H.R.3043. Vitter (R-LA) amendment to defund family-planning clinics nationwide. The amendment would have denied all federal health grants to any health center that provides abortion care
with other funds. Rejected 41 – 52; a pro-abortion vote (+) was against the amendment (10/18/07).
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL) 0% | Shelby (R-AL) 0% |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK) 75% | Stevens (R-AK) 75% |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ) 0% | McCain (R-AZ) 0% |
| Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR) 60% | Pryor (D-AR) 100% |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA) 100% | Feinstein (D-CA) 100% |
| Colorado: | Allard (R-CO) 0% | Salazar (D-CO) 100% |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT) 100% | Lieberman (ID-CT) 100% |
| Delaware: | Biden (D-DE) 75% | Carper (D-DE) 100% |
| Florida: | Martinez (R-FL) 0% | Nelson (D-FL) 100% |
| Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA) 0% | Isakson (R-GA) 0% |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI) 100% | Inouye (D-HI) 100% |
| Idaho: | Craig (R-ID) 0% | Crapo (R-ID) 0% |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL) 100% | Obama (D-IL) 100% |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN) 100% | Lugar (R-IN) 40% |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA) 0% | Harkin (D-IA) 100% |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS) 0% | Roberts (R-KS) 0% |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY) 0% | McConnell (R-KY) 0% |
| Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA) 65% | Vitter (R-LA) 0% |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME) 100% | Snowe (R-ME) 100% |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD) 100% | Mikulski (D-MD) 100% |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA) 90% | Kerry (D-MA) 90% |
| Michigan: | Levin (D-MI) 100% | Stabenow (D-MI) 100% |
| Minnesota: | Coleman (R-MN) 0% | Klobuchar (D-MN) 100% |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS) 0% | Wicker (R-MS) 0% |
| Missouri: | Bond (R-MO) 25% | McCaskill (D-MO) 100% |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT) 100% | Tester (D-MT) 100% |
| Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE) 0% | Nelson (D-NE) 25% |
| Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV) 0% | Reid (D-NV) 100% |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH) 0% | Sununu (R-NH) 0% |
| New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ) 100% | Menendez (D-NJ) 100% |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM) 100% | Domenici (R-NM) 0% |
| New York: | Clinton (D-NY) 100% | Schumer (D-NY) 100% |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC) 0% | Dole (R-NC) 0% |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND) 75% | Dorgan (D-ND) 100% |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH) 100% | Voinovich (R-OH) 0% |
| Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK) 0% | Inhofe (R-OK) 0% |
| Oregon: | Smith (R-OR) 40% | Wyden (D-OR) 100% |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA) 65% | Specter (R-PA) 100% |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI) 100% | Whitehouse (D-RI) 100% |
| South Carolina: | DeMint (R-SC) 0% | Graham (R-SC) 0% |
| South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD) 90% | Thune (R-SD) 0% |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN) 0% | Corker (R-TN) 0% |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX) 0% | Hutchison (R-TX) 0% |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT) 0% | Hatch (R-UT) 0% |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT) 100% | Sanders (I-VT) 100% |
| Virginia: | Warner (R-VA) 40% | Webb (D-VA) 100% |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA) 100% | Murray (D-WA) 100% |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV) 100% | Rockefeller (D-WV) 100% |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI) 100% | Kohl (D-WI) 100% |
| Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY) 0% | Enzi (R-WY) 0% |
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