He has generally taken conservative to moderate stands on civil-rights issues, and, until last year, supported efforts by anti-abortion groups to pass a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.
The amendment overturning the Mexico City Policy passed the Senate by a 53-41 vote.
It endorses a constitutional amendment overturning Roe v. Wade, and calls for barring the use of public money to pay for abortions or finance groups that advocate the procedure.
Republicans argued that only a constitutional amendment overturning the Court's decision could protect the flag while Democratic leaders countered that a statute could suffice.
Today, the committee voted 26 to 22 for an amendment overturning the Bush administration policy.
Mr. Michaud says he opposes a constitutional amendment overturning Roe v. Wade and the anti-abortion limitations the Bush administration has put on family planning programs here and abroad.
One of the few concrete "demands" I heard at the park was that there be a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United.
In response to the ruling, a grassroots, bipartisan group called Move to Amend was created to garner support for a constitutional amendment overturning corporate personhood and declaring that money is not speech.
Count former President JIMMY CARTER among those who think it is counterproductive to boycott Colorado because of the passage of an amendment overturning bans on discrimination based on sexual preference.
The current platform commits the party to a constitutional amendment overturning Roe; many Republican supporters of abortion rights, galvanized by the Webster decision, hope to soften that language in 1992.