By National Right to Life Committee ——Bio and Archives--November 11, 2010
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"The bloc of Democrats who abandoned the pro-life movement to satisfy President Obama and Speaker Pelosi suffered severe losses. In all, at least a dozen House incumbents who had taken high-profile stands against federal funding of abortion, but who ended up voting for the health care law, were defeated by pro-life challengers (or, in Stupak's case, suddenly retired)." He also notes that, "[f]ar greater losses were sustained among the ranks of House Democrats who had seldom or never voted pro-life: upwards of 40 were replaced by firmly pro-life Republicans."Johnson also points to a post-election poll conducted for National Right to Life by the Polling Company which asked:
"'Did the issue of funding for abortion in the Obama health care law affect the way you voted in today's election?' 31% of voters responded in the affirmative -- 27% who said they voted "for candidates who opposed the health care law," and 4% who said they voted "for candidates who favored the health care law." In other words, 87% of the voters who said the issue mattered, voted in accord with the NRLC position."Johnson wrote, "The election results were good in the Senate, as well, where the net shift in the pro-life direction will be from four to seven votes, depending on the issue. No senator is being replaced by a successor who has a weaker position on abortion. . . . " The full text of Mr. Johnson's analysis can be found on the National Catholic Reporter blog of Michael Sean Winters, here. NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson is available to further discuss the analysis in the blog post. Send e-mail to mediarelations@nrlc.org to arrange an interview.
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The National Right to Life Committee NRLC, the federation of 50 state right-to-life organizations and more than 3,000 local chapters nationwide, is the nation’s largest pro-life group. National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect those threatened by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted suicide.