Sunday, December 20, 2009

Abortion foes ‘stunned'

By Joseph Morton
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

WASHINGTON — By declaring he will vote for the Senate health care bill, Ben Nelson touched off a firestorm of criticism Saturday on abortion.

Nebraska Right to Life said it had been “betrayed'' by the Nebraska Democrat, long an abortion opponent, who agreed to support compromise language on abortion.

His home-state colleague, Republican Mike Johanns, said he was “stunned and incredibly disappointed'' by Nelson's decision. And the chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party, Mark Fahleson, vowed that it was the “death knell'' for Nelson's political career....

2 comments:

Padre Steve said...

Let's pray that it is the end of his political career. I also pray that all of those who are proposing this culture of death agenda lose their bids for re-election.

Cathy_of_Alex said...

LOL!

Fr. Shane Tharp is the serious karate priest master. On his FB page he has a photo of himself in his karate duds.