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WASHINGTON, Jan 22, 03 (CWNews.com) -- Democratic Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, a presidential hopeful for 2004, leads a list of a "Deadly Dozen" Catholic politicians attacked today by the American Life League. The American Life League (ALL), an activist group with 375,000 members, marked the 30th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision by opening a media campaign against prominent Catholics who reject Church teachings regarding the sanctity of human life. Judie Brown, the president of ALL, accused Kerry of "flagrant disregard for and disrespectful attitude towards the sacred teachings of his own Church." She said that Kerry...

American Life League's Crusade for the Defense of our Catholic Church will lead a pro-life demonstration at Sen. John F. Kerry's (D-Mass.) Northern Virginia rally today, Tuesday, Feb. 10. This protest is part of the Crusade's ongoing Deadly Dozen campaign that has challenged openly pro-abortion Catholic politicians to recant their support of abortion or stop receiving Holy Communion until they do. Crusade director Joseph M. Starrs said the following regarding Kerry and the planned pro-life counter rally: "Sen. Kerry's comments continue to show that he is aware that it is wrong for Catholics to support abortion, but yet he continues...

According to the Weekly Standard and later echoed on MSNBC's Joe Scarborough Show, Sen. Tom Daschle — a member of American Life League's Deadly Dozen — has been sent a letter from his home diocese of Sioux Falls informing him he can no longer publicly identify himself as a member of the Catholic Church because of his unrepentant support of abortion and other pro-death legislation. "The recent actions involving Daschle are totally in agreement with the teachings of the Catholic Church and make crystal clear the point of our Deadly Dozen ad: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion," said Judie...