{"id":4547,"date":"2006-11-17T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/half-full-or-half-empty.html"},"modified":"2006-11-17T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T11:52:32","slug":"half-full-or-half-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/half-full-or-half-empty.html","title":{"rendered":"Half full or half empty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Douglas Bandow on the maybe not-so-bad news from Election ’06<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, pro-life votes were lost. However, over the long term the drop in GOP abortion opponents might be balanced by the rise in the number of pro-life Democrats. So far the number is small, but the election points to a time when scores of Democrats helped deliver a majority for the so-called Hyde Amendment, blocking public funding of abortion — in the heavily Democratic House.<\/p>\n

Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) points to the election of six pro-life Democratic House members: Jason Altmire and Chris Carney (Pennsylvania), Joe Donnelly (Indiana), Brad Ellsworth (Indiana), Heath Shuler (North Carolina), and Charlie Wilson (Ohio).<\/p>\n

In the main, these candidates were not shy about promoting their pro-life views. For instance, Shuler declared: I am "a pro-life Democrat and I believe that all life is sacred."<\/p>\n

Assuming seniority holds, three committees will be chaired by pro-lifers: Jim Oberstar (Minnesota), Transportation; Collin Peterson (Minnesota), Agriculture; and Ike Skelton (Missouri), Armed Services. Others will run subcommittees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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