Democrats who voted to ban cloning (*likely Catholic):
Stupak*, Dingle* (2 from MI), Doyle*, Holden*, Kanjorski*, Murtha (last 4 from PA), Costello*, Manzullo*, Lipinski* (3 from IL), Baca*, Dooley*, Thompson (2 from CA), Edwards, Green*, Reyes*, Rodriguez*, Sandlin, Stenholm, Turner (7 from TX), Kaptur*, Ryan*, Strickland* (IN), Carson (OK), Kaptur*, Ryan*, Strickland (3 from OH), Larsen (WA), Bishop, Scott (2 from GA), McINtyre (NC), Boucher (VA), Cooper, Ford, Gordon, Taylor (TN), Lucas (KY).
As you can see, there were plenty of Ds who voted pro-life, but dozens of pro-death Republicans. Its the Ds who made this a partisan issue, not the bishops; the bishops only warned "pro-choice" Catholics, not Democrats.
1. He is a conservative Republican.
2. Though baptized Catholic, he is now a Baptist.
3. Even so, he is more Catholic than most of the AmChurch types, which is not too difficult.
4. Solid guy. Solid Christian. Solid Republican.
I got lousy information about who the pro-life Democrats were. So, here is the corrected information. Sorry for the misinformation.
Alexander
Berry
Costello*
Davis
Doyle*
Holden*
John*
Kildee*
Lucas
Mollohan
Murtha*
Oberstar*
Rahall
Skelton
Stenholm
Stupak*
Taylor
(Pro-lifer Hall was a Democrat in 2003.)
Lipinksi(IL)* and Peterson(MN) voted against the 2 amendments to widen the availability of abortion, but did vote to allow cloning.
Kanjorski*, Michaud* and Ryan voted against 1 of the 2 abortion authorization bills.
I got lousy information about who the pro-life Democrats were. So, here is the corrected information. Sorry for the misinformation.
Alexander
Berry
Costello*
Davis
Doyle*
Holden*
John*
Kildee*
Lucas
Mollohan
Murtha*
Oberstar*
Rahall
Skelton
Stenholm
Stupak*
Taylor
(Pro-lifer Hall was a Democrat in 2003.)
Lipinksi(IL)* and Peterson(MN) voted against the 2 amendments to widen the availability of abortion, but did vote to allow cloning.
Kanjorski*, Michaud* and Ryan voted against 1 of the 2 abortion authorization bills.