Rome, Italy, May 28, 2011 / 05:39 am
Updated May 31, 2011 at 8:55 a.m. MDT. Correction to paragraph 5 to change the reference to International Planned Parenthood Federation to Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Congressman Chris Smith says that Catholics in the Republican Party should have three priorities when it comes to picking the 2012 GOP candidate for president – human rights, debt reduction and pro-life issues.
“I do think we need a man or woman who is totally committed to the culture of life and not just in name only or symbolically but somebody who really believes in the family and in the preciousness of all life, including the child in the womb,” the New Jersey congressman, who is Catholic himself, told CNA during a recent visit to Rome.
Congressman Smith believes that another term for Barack Obama would be a disaster for the pro-life movement.