Robert Casey

However, we might oppose it, abortion is a sad feature of modern life.

As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party's convention without the national media protesting it.

Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society.

A vast abortion industry, generating some half a billion dollars annually, sprang into existence in the wake of Roe and Doe.

I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome.

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.

Who belongs to the community of the commonly protected?

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.

We must make children and families a national priority.

From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity.

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have slipped into poverty.