Changes

|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>

| He was never excommunicated for his pro-abortion views in opposition to the church's teaching and authority. Kennedy was given a full Catholic burial.  

| 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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