Robert Casey Quotes

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• Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.
• Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting,…
• A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking…
• In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to make life worth…
• I am convinced that this approach, a mainstream Democratic approach, commands the strong support of the American people, and presents a sharp and compassionate contrast…
• Who belongs to the community of the commonly protected?
• Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?
• I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on…
• Abortion is the ultimate violence.
• Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.
• Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless.
• We must make children and families a national priority.
• Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect,…
• My strong personal view, which I believe is shared by millions of Americans, is that our party should make a strong statement in its platform…
• Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion…
• If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views.
• By rejecting abortion-on-demand, we can move our party back to the mainstream.
• In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion.
• For almost twenty years, abortion policy in America has been controlled by the courts.
• Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No…

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