Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a Catholic, got Joe Wilson’d yesterday at a press conference when a few brave pro-lifers called him out for voting to fund abortion in the healthcare bills.
“You betrayed the pro-life movement”
“You are a pro-life hypocrite”
“You continually vote against life”
…were just some of the accusations against the self-proclaimed pro-life Democrat.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has the story but it’s nothing compared to watching the video. One of the pro-lifers invokes Mother Teresa’s famous words that the “unborn are the poorest of the poor.”
David Brody at CBN relayed the story from The Hill:
Other protesters outside lambasted the senator for “selling out” both his pro-life constituents and their Catholic faith, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“He votes the pro-abortion agenda,” one protester, who was not removed from the event, told the newspaper. “He’s a disgrace to his church.”
Currently both the Senate and the House healthcare bills have to be reconciled into one big bill to be voted on by both houses. The House bill contains the Stupak amendment, which prohibits the government from funding abortion, while the Senate version, the one Casey voted “YES” on, allows government funding of abortion. The National Right to Life Committee has more detailed information on the Senate abortion funding provisions in their latest letter here.
Do you live in Pennsylvania and want to tell Senator Casey what you think of his vote to allow the government, and your taxes, to fund abortion? Call him at (202) 224-6324.
