|In his Senate confirmation, anti-abortion conservative Senator [[Jesse Helms]] said to Kennedy, "I think you know where I stand on abortion." Kennedy responded, "Indeed I do and I admire it. I am a practicing [[Catholic]]." | |In his Senate confirmation, anti-abortion conservative Senator [[Jesse Helms]] said to Kennedy, "I think you know where I stand on abortion." Kennedy responded, "Indeed I do and I admire it. I am a practicing [[Catholic]]." |