American - Politician | January 9, 1932 - May 30, 2000
The national Democratic Party has embraced abortion on demand. I believe this position is wrong in principle and out of the mainstream of our party's historic commitment to protecting the powerless.
Robert Casey
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A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.
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Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.
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Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless.
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We must make children and families a national priority.
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Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity.
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My strong personal view, which I believe is shared by millions of Americans, is that our party should make a strong statement in its platform that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which should be protected.
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If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views.
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By rejecting abortion-on-demand, we can move our party back to the mainstream.
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In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.
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For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts.
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Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime.
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