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April 30, 2019

CONTACT: Kristen Day

(703) 424-6663

Democrats For Life of America (DFLA) urges U.S Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) to reconsider his support for the abortion-rights group EMILY's List. Senator Casey attended an annual fundraising gala for EMILY's List last Thursday. The gala celebrated the victories of putting more pro-choice women in office, and EMILY's List will use the fundraising proceeds to elect more pro-choice women.

“We appreciate Senator Casey’s pro-life votes – most recently, voting to provide health care to unwanted children who survive an abortion attempt,” said Kristen Day, the executive director of DFLA. “However, you cannot claim to be for something and then turn around and support a group that stands directly against those ideals.”

EMILY's List does not exist to support Democrats, but to support only abortion rights and exclusively female candidates who support abortion rights. DFLA exists to support pro-life Democrats, as Senator Casey has declared himself to be as recently as his last re-election in 2018 when we proudly supported his candidacy. 

“We share the senator's support for electing more Democrats. But that can be done without compromising his pro-life position,” said Day. “We urge the senator to support and be a voice for pro-life candidates, who often find our party not very welcoming and are often told to change their position in exchange for support from the party.”

EMILY’s List would like to silence or eliminate the pro-life voice within the party and will target pro-life Democrats for defeat despite the eventual outcome that a non-Democrat could win the race.

• In 2017, then-frontrunner and pro-life Democrat Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello was pressured by abortion-rights groups to subvert his pro-life record. Mello was expected to win until abortion became a significant issue in the race.  He lost to a pro-life Republican.

• The abortion lobby also helped flip the Nebraska 2 seat from blue to red when they helped oust Democratic incumbent Brad Ashford, who had a moderate record on abortion, with a pro-abortion-rights challenger. The Republican, Don Bacon, won the general.

• And EMILY’s List was part of an abortion-rights coalition that spent millions in an attempt to defeat incumbent veteran Congressman Dan Lipinski in 2018.

“EMILY’s List is exclusive and radical.  At the end of the day, our party will suffer,” said Day. “If we, as a party, allowed members to be pro-life and vote that way, we could win more seats. We ask Senator Casey to help us with that message and to create an inclusive winning strategy.”

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April 22, 2019                                                                                   

WASHINGTON, DC – Democrats For Life of America (DFLA) has announced its endorsement of Dana Outlaw in the Democratic Party primary for the 3^rd Congressional District of North Carolina. The organization cited his commitment to whole-life principles.

“Dana Outlaw will be a consistent and reliable whole-life advocate in Congress,” said Kristen Day, the executive director of DFLA. “He will not only protect pre-born children but also support policies that give pregnant women real choices. He is a voice for the voiceless and all those who need assistance.”

In announcing his candidacy, Outlaw vowed to work across party lines for the good of the people. He proved his ability to put the people above partisanship after his community of New Bern was devastated by Hurricane Florence. Outlaw worked with the Trump Administration, FEMA, and Congress to secure valuable support to rebuild his community.

“Dana Outlaw has proven that he cares about community and family,” said Day. “His work to promote the well-being of all the members of his community following Hurricane Florence is consistent with whole-life values.”

DFLA supports whole-life policies that advocate for protecting life at all stages of human development and supporting legislation that gives families real choices to live full lives in their communities. DFLA was the only pro-life group to support the Affordable Care Act, and their pro-life Democratic leaders in Congress advocated successfully to remove pregnancy as a pre-existing condition and to add incentives for states to come up with innovative ways to lower the abortion rate through support for pregnant women. DFLA also opposes abortion, the death penalty, and assisted suicide.

“I’m honored to receive an endorsement by Democrats for Life,” said Dana Outlaw. I realize that being a pro-life Democrat will be a rarity in the Democratic caucus, but I see it as an advantage. “In Congress, I’ll use my unique position to bring Democrats and Republicans together to push for better pre-natal health care, and for policies that support the mother and the child after birth.”

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Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran (D-County of Fairfax–Part) introduced abortion legislation that would put Virginia on the map with one of the most permissive abortion policies in the nation. 

Click here to watch our executive director, Kristen Day, discuss pro-life Democrats with Governor Mike Huckabee.