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National Right to Life PAC and Nebraska Right to Life PAC will oppose
Sen. Ben Nelson for Re-Election

Senator Ben Nelson

WASHINGTON – The political arm of the nation’s largest pro-life organization, the National Right to Life PAC (NRL PAC), today joined with the Nebraska Right to Life Political Action Committee in announcing that both organizations will oppose Senator Ben Nelson (D) for re-election in November 2012 general election.

Both National Right to Life and Nebraska Right to Life consider the vote on the so-called "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (PPACA) ("Obamacare") to be an absolutely critical vote to the right-to-life movement.  As enacted into law, the Obama health care law contained multiple provisions authorizing subsidies for abortion, and also provisions that opened the doors to abortion-expanding administrative actions.  In addition, the law would lead to government-imposed rationing of lifesaving medical treatment.

"Ben Nelson was the deciding vote to make the Obama health care law the law of the land and in the current Congress, Nelson has a 0% pro-life voting record," said National Right to Life Executive Director David N. O'Steen, Ph.D. "Ben Nelson cannot win in Nebraska without pro-life support and he won't have it. No pro-lifer should even consider supporting Ben Nelson for re-election."

"Ben Nelson's vote for the pro-abortion, pro-rationing Obama health care law was a total betrayal of pro-life principles and a total betrayal of pro-life voters who stood by him in the past," added Julie Schmit-Albin, executive director of Nebraska Right to Life.  "Nebraska is a pro-life state and deserves better."

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