Catholic News Agency - "Pro-life Democratic politicians look to future after Casey convention speech"
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Catholic News Agency - "Pro-life Democratic politicians look to future after Casey convention speech"
Speaking at the Democrats for Life town hall meeting in Denver on Wednesday, pro-life Democratic politicians praised Sen. Bob Casey, Jr.'s DNC floor speech and discussed what they saw as a growing openness to pro-lifers in the Democratic Party. Charging that Republicans have done nothing to reflect their professed pro-life views, the speakers called for further government support for pregnant women and adoption programs.
Tennessee Congressman Lincoln Davis, North Carolina Congressman Heath Shuler, and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. addressed an audience of more than sixty guests and members of the press gathered at Denver's Hotel Monaco were joined by Tennessee Democrat Bob Tuke, a nominee for the U.S. Senate who favors legalized abortion.
Several other speakers at the town hall spoke about pro-life policy and the consequences of abortion. Their remarks are reported elsewhere on CNA.
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Senate Candidate Bob Tuke
Senate candidate Robert Tuke, who favors legalized abortion, said it did not matter to him when human life has legal status, but it does matter to take care of women and the children who are born, and to reduce the number of abortions.
"The Pregnant Women Support Act is critical to achieving that," he said, voicing his pride that the Democratic Party has, in his view, included it in the platform.
"I want all children to be born," he professed, but said caring for them is a matter of "finding how to do it."
Tuke also endorsed programs encouraging adoption targeted towards women in college or high school.
"In 1973, nearly nine percent of births resulted in adoption. By the year 2000, that had dropped to one percent. Why is that?" he asked, claiming that the lack of adoption information was a problem.
Turning critical, Tuke said people who argue about abortion should "solve the problem and stop bickering about it."
He too criticized the Republican Party, alleging it uses abortion to create "wedge issues" and to "score political points."
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