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* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.<ref>Note, however, that he voted against the Pence Amendment to ban funding to Planned Parenthood in 2009. [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll643.xml#Y%23Yv FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 643, House.gov, July 2, 2009]</ref>
* Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.<ref>Note, however, that he voted against the Pence Amendment to ban funding to Planned Parenthood in 2009. [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll643.xml#Y%23Yv FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 643, House.gov, July 2, 2009]</ref>
* Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance. <ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/Bart_Stupak.htm</ref>
* Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance.<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/Bart_Stupak.htm</ref>
|Stupak abandoned his position and betrayed the trust of the American people by voting for [[Obamacare]], which pays for at-will abortions with federal funds. <ref>http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/22/and-judas-said-unto-them-%E2%80%9Cwhat-will-you-give-me-if-i-betray%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D/</ref>
|Stupak abandoned his position and betrayed the trust of the American people by voting for [[Obamacare]], which pays for at-will abortions with federal funds.<ref>http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/22/and-judas-said-unto-them-%E2%80%9Cwhat-will-you-give-me-if-i-betray%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D/</ref>
|Within 20 days of his betrayal, Stupak announced his surprise retirement from Congress.
|Within 20 days of his betrayal, Stupak announced his surprise retirement from Congress.
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|Democrat<ref>Later he switched parties and in 2012 left the Republican Party too.</ref>
|Democrat<ref>Later he switched parties and in 2012 left the Republican Party too.</ref>
|Louisiana Governor
|Louisiana Governor
|"We've had a betrayal by a governor who has been on the record as pro-life" <ref>Quoting Burke Balch, a state legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. [http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-28/news/mn-559_1_u-s-abortion-bill] </ref>
|"We've had a betrayal by a governor who has been on the record as pro-life" <ref>Quoting Burke Balch, a state legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. [http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-28/news/mn-559_1_u-s-abortion-bill]</ref>
|vetoed a pro-life bill passed by overwhelming majorities in the legislature
|vetoed a pro-life bill passed by overwhelming majorities in the legislature
|the legislature overrode his veto; Roemer was defeated for reelection and could never win an election again
|the legislature overrode his veto; Roemer was defeated for reelection and could never win an election again
|Senator (MA)
|Senator (MA)
|Kennedy began his political career opposed to abortion rights, writing in 1971 that "Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized." In April 1976, he would vote for a joint Senate resolution to define personhood as beginning at conception.
|Kennedy began his political career opposed to abortion rights, writing in 1971 that "Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized." In April 1976, he would vote for a joint Senate resolution to define personhood as beginning at conception.
|Sometime in the 1980's he would switch to pro-abortion and was often awarded a 100% positive rating from NARAL. In 1987 during the Supreme Court hearing of nominee Robert Bork, Kennedy assailed Bork as a jurist whose rulings would force women to resort to "back-alley abortions." March 12, 2003, he voted against banning partial-birth abortion. <ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/53109 Ted Kennedy Opposed Federal Regulation of Doctor-Patient Relationship—When the Issue Was Partial Birth Abortion, CNSNews, August 26, 2009]</ref>
|Sometime in the 1980's he would switch to pro-abortion and was often awarded a 100% positive rating from NARAL. In 1987 during the Supreme Court hearing of nominee Robert Bork, Kennedy assailed Bork as a jurist whose rulings would force women to resort to "back-alley abortions." March 12, 2003, he voted against banning partial-birth abortion.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/53109 Ted Kennedy Opposed Federal Regulation of Doctor-Patient Relationship—When the Issue Was Partial Birth Abortion, CNSNews, August 26, 2009]</ref>
| Died of brain cancer while still in office; his seat was then won by a Republican who campaigned against Kennedy's policies.
| Died of brain cancer while still in office; his seat was then won by a Republican who campaigned against Kennedy's policies.
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|Democrat
|Democrat
|Senate Majority Leader (NV)
|Senate Majority Leader (NV)
|Reid was known as a Pro-life Democrat. In 1998, Reid took a survey suggesting abortion should only be legal in cases of [[rape]], incest and when the mother’s life in danger. He voted to ban partial-birth abortion. <ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/27/harry-reid-retired-from-being-pro-life-long-before-retiring-from-the-senate/ Harry Reid Retired From Being Pro-LIfe Long Before Retiring From The Senate, DailyCaller.com, March 27, 2015]</ref>
|Reid was known as a Pro-life Democrat. In 1998, Reid took a survey suggesting abortion should only be legal in cases of [[rape]], incest and when the mother’s life in danger. He voted to ban partial-birth abortion.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/27/harry-reid-retired-from-being-pro-life-long-before-retiring-from-the-senate/ Harry Reid Retired From Being Pro-LIfe Long Before Retiring From The Senate, DailyCaller.com, March 27, 2015]</ref>
|Reid never voted with the National Right to Life Committee more than 66 percent of the time. Reid went from voting with [[NARAL]] Pro-Choice America 29 percent of the time in 2003 to 100 percent of the time in 2007. Reid’s former spokesman called him "strongly pro-life" the same year he received zero from National Right to Life.
|Reid never voted with the National Right to Life Committee more than 66 percent of the time. Reid went from voting with [[NARAL]] Pro-Choice America 29 percent of the time in 2003 to 100 percent of the time in 2007. Reid’s former spokesman called him "strongly pro-life" the same year he received zero from National Right to Life.
|Harry Reid announced his retirement in 2015. He’s leaving as someone who will block legislation dealing with the trafficking of human beings because of abortion.
|Harry Reid announced his retirement in 2015. He’s leaving as someone who will block legislation dealing with the trafficking of human beings because of abortion.
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