Massachusetts Citizens for Life defended its pro-Brown campaign on several fronts. Although Brown labels himself pro-choice, he has a more pro-life record than many self-avowed "pro-life" lawmakers from the state. "What we're used to is people saying to us, I am pro-life, and then voting pro-abortion - badly. So here we have a fellow who says I am pro-choice, but he votes pro-life. Just looking at it from a practical point of view, we would prefer to have someone who said he was pro-life and voted pro-life." Brown has shown consistent support for abortion restrictions. "He says [abortion] is between a woman and her doctor, but he's willing to go in and hamstring the doctor." The possible negative aspects of supporting a pro-choice candidate was something they considered, but the immense danger of the health care bill ultimately outweighed other concerns. "[The health care bill] would be . . . the end of the pro-life movement. We're probably fixated on it - but I think it would have caused as many deaths as Roe v. Wade, and much less easy to undo."
Concerned Women for America also disagreed their support amounted to an abandonment of pro-life principles. "[P]ro-lifers were quite up front regarding Scott Brown, realizing that he considered himself pro-choice, but also that he had promised to be the 41st vote against a health care bill that would mandate tax funding of abortion. CWA "certainly didn't anticipate that he's going to be a strong pro-life vote," nonetheless backing Brown was no sell-out of pro-life principles. "It goes beyond political suicide to oppose him and thereby allow a hardcore, pro-abortion radical feminist to get in that office. It's more than political suicide because it would have lead to the deaths of untold numbers of unborn children." LifeSiteNews
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