[AuH2ORepublican]

"Below are the names of the Republican House Members, most, if not all, of whom will be running for re-election. These people clearly showed, through their support for H.R. 810, their disregard for innocent human life. Because of this, RNC/Life PAC considers them unworthy of support by pro-life voters.

(AK) Don Young (AZ) Jim Kolbe (CA) Bill Thomas; Howard McKeon; David Dreier; Jerry Lewis; Ken Calvert; Mary Bono; Dana Rohrabacher; Darrell Issa; Randy Cunningham (CT) Robert Simmons; Chris Shays; Nancy Johnson (DE) Mike Castle (FL) Ginny Brown-Waite; Bill Young; Connie Mack; Mark Foley; Clay Shaw (IL) Mark Kirk; Judy Biggert (IA) Jim Leach (MD) Wayne Gilchrest (MI) Fred Upton; Joe Schwarz (MN) Jim Ramstad (MO) Jo Ann Emerson (NV) James Gibbons; Jon Porter (NH) Jeb Bradley; Charles Bass (NJ) Rodney Frelinghuysen (NM) Heather Wilson (NY) Vito Fossella; Sue Kelly; John Sweeney; Sherwood Boehlert (NC) Howard Coble (OH) Steven La Tourette; Deborah Pryce; Ralph Regula (OR) Greg Walden (PA) Jim Gerlach; Charles Dent; Todd Platts (TX) Joe Barton; Kay Granger (VA) Tom Davis (WV) Shelley Moore Capito."

Some of these names are indeed surprising. Obviously a lot of pro-lifers decided to waffle when it comes to stem-cell research because they're afraid of the Christopher Reeves vote. Of the 50 Republicans, at least 21 of them usually vote pro-life: Don Young; Howard McKeon; David Dreier; Jerry Lewis; Ken Calvert; Dana Rohrabacher; Duke Cunningham; Bill Young; Clay Shaw; Jo Ann Emerson; Jon Porter; Heather Wilson; Vito Fossella; John Sweeney; Howard Coble; Steven La Tourette; Ralph Regula; Greg Walden; Jim Gerlach; Todd Platts; and Joe Barton.


"Democrats who defied their party’s leadership and displayed their pro-life convictions by voting against federal funding of research on human embryos are: (GA) Jim Marshall (IL) Dan Lipinski; Jerry Costello (MI) Bart Stupak; Dale Kildee (MN) Collin Peterson; James Oberstar (NC) Mike McIntyre (OH) Marcy Kaptur (PA) Tim Holden (TN) Lincoln Davis (WV) Alan Mollohan; Nick Rahall."

Most of these are principled pro-lifers. Oberstar, Rahall, Kildee and Kaptur vote liberal on most issues but are consistently pro-life. Costello, Lipinski and Stupak are moderates who consistently vote pro-life. Peterson, McIntyre, Holden, Davis and Mollohan are conservatives who not only vote pro-life, but cast conservative votes on other issues and would be able to switch to the GOP without skipping a beat. The only hypocrite in the bunch is Jim Marshall of Georgia, who almost always votes pro-abortion and is a liberal on most other issues as well but is scared that he'll be defeated for reelection in his GOP-trending district.

[Constitution Restoration Act]

BUMPING YOUR BLOG http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/
which has a copy of your letter to Frist."
An Open Letter to Senator Bill Frist Regarding Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem-Cell Research"

[Coleus]

Vito Fossella; I'm surprised.

[JohnnyZ]

The only hypocrite in the bunch is Jim Marshall of Georgia, who almost always votes pro-abortion

He ran as a pro-lifer -- what has he voted the wrong way on?

[JohnnyZ]

Heather Wilson

Is not pro-life, IIRC. A few of the others were notable for not being the most principled members, but some were surprises.

[BuyProLife]

Thanks for posting the list of Democrats who support life. Sometimes we forget that there are folks in both parties who take one side or the other in this issue.

As the '06 congressional races heat up, our site hopes to have a "vote of confidence" project that allows pro-life candidates to promote themselves to the pro-life community while raising funds for CPCs. Before we offer space to these critters, it would be nice to know FIRST who's really on our side and who just wants to buy "advertising" to reach pro-lifers.

I'd love to find a complete list of candidates who are really pro-life and make it available to our guests. Hopefully, this information can be provided in some verifiable way that other pro-life web sites can make available to their guests as well. Any suggestions?