Here is the issue and the national right to life committee (NRLC) and the catholic bishops association should be ashamed. NRLC came out and stated that a present vote would be considered a no vote for the amendment thus they would hold it against them on the right to life score. They forced Republicans to vote for the amendment thereby ensuring enough votes to pass the overall bill when the amendment was added. Of course the Catholics are going to come out with an article trying to justify the reason they hung Americans out to dry by supporting this bill. This bill would not have passed without the amendment pure and simple and we have the two organization above to blame.
I didn’t know about that part.(about voting not present) How frustrating! If I were a pro life Catholic, someone would be hearing from me.