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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-15-06 02:59 AM
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11. For starters
Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
http://www.ontheissues.org/PA/John_Murtha_Abortion.htm

NARAL doesn't give ratings based on beliefs, but based on voting records. He also receives a 0 from Planned Parenthood, and often gets high marks from National Right To Life. From Vote-Smart:

2006 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 0 percent in 2006.

2005-2006 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 70 percent in 2005-2006.

2005 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2005.

2004 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2004.

2003-2004 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 91 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the Democrats for Life of America 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2003.

2001-2002 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 100 percent in 2001-2002.

2001 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 9 percent in 2001.

2001 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2001.

2000 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2000.

1999-2000 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 95 percent in 1999-2000.

1999 Representative Murtha supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood 9 percent in 1999.

1995-2004 On the votes that the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Assocation considered to be the most important in 1995-2004, Representative Murtha voted their preferred position 23 percent of the time.

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