FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            

Date: October 31, 2005         

Contact:  Jerry Horn

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Fr. Pavone Urges Swift and Fair Vote on Supreme Court Nominee

Washington, DC – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, thanked President Bush this morning for acting swiftly to announce a nominee for the Supreme Court. “The President has fulfilled his duty. We urge the Senate likewise to carry out their role of ‘advice and consent’ in a timely and fair way.

“We also welcome the debate over ‘conservative values.’ The nation is in a culture war, and there’s no need to hide that fact. Some Senators will oppose any change on the Court that would threaten so-called ‘abortion rights.’ But the American people are already deciding that their Constitution does not permit dismembering children. It is inevitable that the Court will catch up.”

Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.