WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) speaks during the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on “Military Caregivers: Families Serving for the Long Run” on June 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, is one of the few Democrats in Congress who does not fully support abortion rights, and he's feeling the pressure this week to pick a side.
The Catholic legislator did not completely pick a side this week after the leaked draft ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court showed a majority of justices appear likely to overturn Roe v. Wade.
U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, a Democrat who represents Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in Congress, told me on Thursday that "he knows our hearts and he knows our work, we stand here united on behalf of women."
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He’s a father to girls he knows the importance of women’s independent health care rights so I’m hopeful and confident – I’ll talk to him in advance but I’m hopeful and confident" that he'd vote for legislation in support of abortion rights," Dean said, noting that she has not talked about the issue with Casey directly since the draft ruling was leaked Monday.
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