American election advances pro-life cause. (News in Brief: United States).Washington--U.S. pro-life and pro-family advocates are basking in the glow of positive results emanating from the recent mid-term November 4, 2002 election. The results were so convincing that Women's E-News website observed that pro-abortion forces were "devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ." Pro-abortion candidates were defeated in four of the five open-seat Senate races, while in races for the House of Representatives and Governors, openly pro-abortion challengers lost heavily. A key development was the loss of control of the Senate by the liberal-oriented Democratic Party. Republican senators, who are more likely to be pro-life, will be taking over leadership of key committees that touch on abortion-related issues in January 2003. Republicans also have the potential to pass a conservative nominee to the Supreme Court, where one of the five pro-abortion chief justices is likely to step down in the next two years. Perhaps most heartening heart·en tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. , the results demonstrated that a pro-life stance was a winning one. Pro-life candidates pulled through in nearly every tight race and produced some of the biggest upsets, while pollster poll·ster n. One that takes public-opinion surveys. Also called polltaker. Word History: The suffix -ster is nowadays most familiar in words like pollster, jokester, huckster, John Zogby
"Providentially prov·i·den·tial adj. 1. Of or resulting from divine providence. 2. Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune. See Synonyms at happy. , millions of Bible-oriented voters did not listen to those who advised giving up on politics," commented World magazine writer Marvin Olasky. The election was seen as a ringing endorsement of pro-life President George W. Bush, who put his political capital on the line by campaigning in 23 states. On the Catholic side of things, U.S. Catholic bishops commended the pro-life movement on its electoral successes. A post-election controversy erupted after new Democratic House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, characterized herself as both a liberal Democrat and a conservative Catholic--despite her extreme pro-abortion views that include support for partial-birth abortion partial-birth abortion n. A late-term abortion, especially one in which a viable fetus is partially delivered through the cervix before being extracted. Not in technical use. . American Life League One of the largest pro-life organizations in the United States, according to their website, American Life League, or ALL, opposes all forms of abortion, birth control, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. president Judie Brown wrote to Pelosi's bishop in San Francisco, advising him that Pelosi is causing scandal. |
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