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CV NEWS FEED // At the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week, the Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) held a press conference regarding how embracing the pro-life movement could help Democrats regain legislative power. Democrats for Life of America released a report on the press conference, which featured a panel with the group’s executive director, Kristen Day; former congressman Dan Lipinski; Harriet Bradley, Director of African-American Outreach for DFLA; and Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of First Rights Global, and DFLA board member. The report, which Day prepared, addressed the need for Democrats to reach out to pro-life...

A group of pro-life Democrats has issued a call to its party to modify its stance on the life issue, or run the risk of suffering more defeats in future elections. Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats For Life of America, says her party had better read the handwriting on the wall before it is too late, and change its position on the life issue. Election 2004, she says, shows the Democratic Party lost a portion of its constituents because of the pro-life issue. "[W]e really need to rethink our position," Day says, adding that the focus needs to be...

Who We Are Democrats for Life of America, Inc. is a national organization for pro-life members of the Democratic party. Our Mission Democrats for Life of America exists to foster respect for life, from the beginning of life to natural death. This includes, but is not limited to, opposition to abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia. What We Do We mobilize Democrats at local, state, and national levels to elect pro-life Democrats to office support pro-life Democrats while in an elected position promote a pro-life plank in the Democratic Party platform achieve legislation that fosters respect for human life participate actively...

Irish Catholic Kennedy fans - that's how Tim Dore has long thought of his family and their ties to the Democratic Party. On immigration, business and the environment, the 31-year-old attorney still feels attached to the political party that's been home to generations of Dores. But one issue has separated Dore from the party he loves. "Abortion is a foundational issue," said Dore, the executive director of the Colorado Catholic Conference, the lobbying arm of the church. "If a candidate talks about the dignity of the poor, vulnerable and homeless, and yet doesn't talk about the dignity of life at...

Two pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives have met with Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe to demonstrate the party’s majority in Congress evaporated as it became more entrenched in the abortion-rights camp. Reps. James Oberstar of Minnesota and Bart Stupak of Michigan provided the following statistics to McAuliffe in a March 4 meeting, syndicated columnist Nat Hentoff reported: In the 1977-78 Congress, Democrats possessed a majority of 292 seats, which included 125 pro-lifers. Now, Democrats hold only 204 of 435 seats, with only 28 pro-lifers. Oberstar and Stupak told McAuliffe pro-life Democrats could win Republican-leaning races in some...

U.S. Reps. James Oberstar (Minnesota) and Bart Stupak (Michigan) - members of the Democrats for Life of America's National Advisory Board - met with Democratic National Committee head Terry McAuliffe, on March 4, to point out that the Democrats' majority in Congress diminished at almost the same rate pro-life voters left the party. These are the illuminating statistics - ignored by the media - that were presented to McAuliffe: In the 95th Congress (1977-78), Democrats had a 292-seat majority in the House, which included 125 pro-life Democrats. Now, as a minority, Democrats are down to 204 seats, with 28 pro-life...

<p>In an attempt to compete with President Bush's unabashed discussion of religion while in office, Democratic presidential candidates are making similar stabs at God-talk.</p> <p>So far, there's little debate as to who is winning on the faith front. While Mr. Bush discusses his faith this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is still recovering from his Jan. 2 misidentification of Job as a book in the New Testament.</p>

WASHINGTON, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life Democrats always seem to be fighting an uphill battle. That all of the Democratic presidential candidates are pro-abortion -- including one, Dennis Kucinich, who flip-flopped on abortion shortly before declaring his candidacy -- only makes matters worse. But that hasn't stopped Democrats for Life of America from being a pro-life voice in the wilderness and rallying pro-life party faithful to keep up the good fight. Representatives of the pro-life group took to the streets last week to participate in the March for Life and then they held their own rally to encourage each other. "Our...