Robert Casey
Robert Casey
Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Sr.was an American politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. He previously served as a state senatorand Auditor General of Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 January 1932
CountryUnited States of America
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I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus.
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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 is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.
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Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.
Who belongs to the community of the commonly protected?
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We must make children and families a national priority.