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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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• Senate Elections Provide Big Gains for Pro-Life Movement on Abortion
• Gubernatorial Wins Give Pro-Life Advocates Chance to Cut Abortions Further
• Pro-Life Democrats Pay the Price for Backing Abortion-Funding ObamaCare
Senate Elections Provide Big Gains for Pro-Life Movement on Abortion
Americans clearly preferred pro-life candidates on Tuesday when it came to the most hotly contested races for the Senate in the 2010 elections
The results make it so pro-life advocates will have an easier time stopping the advance of President Barack Obama s pro-abortion agenda in terms of abortion funding and pro-abortion judicial nominees for the Supreme Court and other federal court appointments.
Wisconsin provided the pro-life movement with one of the biggest upsets of the evening as pro-life Ron Johnson defeated longtime pro-abortion Sen. Russ Feingold, who has promoted abortion for decades.
In the same way, pro-life Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey defeated pro-abortion opponent Joe Sestak in one of the most challenging campaigns of the election cycle.
In Arkansas, pro-life candidate John Boozman picked up a seat for the pro-life movement in defeating pro-abortion incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln. With 27 percent of the vote counted, Boozman won 57-38 percent in a race that was never close despite Lincoln attacking Boozman and claiming he supported raping women.
Indiana also saw a pro-life candidate replace an outgoing abortion supporter as pro-life former Sen. Dan Coats defeated Brad Ellsworth, a Democrat who claimed to be pro-life but supported the abortion-funding ObamaCare bill. Coats will replace pro-abortion Sen. Evan Bayh, who claimed a more moderate position but repeatedly voted for abortion and abortion funding, after topping Ellsworth on a lopsided 55-40 percentage point margin.
In North Dakota, pro-life John Hoeven won is race to replace retiring pro-abortion Sen. Byron Dorgan, who defied the relatively conservative views of state voters by consistently supporting abortion and abortion funding during his career.
The Senate election also saw pro-life candidates hold seats that were in jeopardy of switching to pro-abortion lawmakers.
Marco Rubio will become one of the top pro-life Hispanic elected officials in the nation now that he is the Senator-elect in Florida, having defeated pro-abortion incumbent Gov. Charlie Crist, who ran as an independent.
Despite the presence of both Crist and pro-abortion Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek, Rubio cruised to an easy election victory capturing a majority of the vote and positioning himself as a major national figure. Full story at LifeNews.com
Gubernatorial Wins Give Pro-Life Advocates Chance to Cut Abortions Further
With wins from across the country in key gubernatorial elections, pro-life advocates have a clear opportunity to reduce abortions with the passage of additional pro-life legislation in state legislatures.
In Arizona, pro-life Governor Jan Brewer was able to keep her seat after she delighted pro-life advocates by singing significant pro-life legislation with a real potential to save the lives of unborn children.
Florida voters appeared likely to send pro-life candidate Rick Scott to Tallahassee to replace pro-abortion Gov. Charlie Crist, who vetoed a pro-life bill that would have allowed women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child prior to an abortion.
In Georgia, pro-life candidate Nathan Deal allows pro-life groups a chance to continue passing bills by defeating his pro-abortion opponent.
Iowa is a state that will see a significant change as pro-life candidate Terry Brandstad defeated pro-abortion Chet Culver, who was a Planned Parenthood endorsement in a state where the abortion business is advancing the concept known as telemed abortions.
Sam Brownback becomes the next governor in Kansas, giving pro-life groups a real opportunity to reduce abortions, stop late-term abortions and prosecute abortion practitioners who flout the law.
In New Mexico, voters elected one of the few pro-life women governors and one who is a Hispanic to boot in Susanna Martinez. Mary Falin, another pro-life woman, was elected in the state of Oklahoma as was pro-life Nikki Haley in South Carolina.
Ohio saw pro-life former congressman John Kasich become the state s next governor to replace pro-abortion stalwart Ted Strickland.
Voters in Pennsylvania rewarded pro-life candidate Tom Corbett in a race that will help the pro-life movement further reduce abortions beyond the great gains it has already seen.
Texas voters re-elected pro-life Gov. Rick Perry to another term and voters in Wisconsin helped the state elected pro-life candidate Scott Walker. Full story at LifeNews.com
They said the legislation that would allow a government-run health care program did not fund abortions and they said an executive order President Barack Obama signed would ensure that was the case.When legal analysis from every respected pro-life groups showed otherwise, a handful of self-declared pro-life Democrats insisted pro-life groups were lying.
In one case, with Steve Driehaus of Ohio, the pro-life women s group Susan B. Anthony List faces accusations that its billboards were false and could potentially be forced to pay fines or serve jail time if a state elections commission agrees. Driehaus is currently losing his re-election bid to pro-life former Rep. Steve Chabot, a Republican who won praise from pro-life advocates for his hard work promoting a national ban on partial-birth abortions in the House.
But voters reminded those Democrats on Tuesday that pro-life organizations were right and replaced them with pro-life Republicans who campaigned against ObamaCare and on a more consistent pro-life platform.
Thus far, eight of the so-called pro-life Democrats have lost their bids for re-election. That includes Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, Chris Carney and Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania; Alan Mollohan of West Virginia; Baron Hill of Indiana; and Charlie Wilson of Ohio.
Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life added: During the debate over the health care bill, we urged Members of Congress to reject taxpayer-funded abortion. Tonight, Paul Kanjorski learned that Life Counts as voters elected Lou Barletta, a leader committed to defending Life
The SBA List ran a Votes Have Consequences campaign involving $3.4 million and a massive us tour and voting information effort that targeted the pro-life Democrats who supported pro-abortion ObamaCare.
One of its targets, Democratic Rep.Brad Ellsworth of Indiana, who ran against pro-life Senate candidate Dan Coats, lost his bid for U.S. Senate. Full story at LifeNews.com
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