On the same January day that John Boehner took the oath of office to become the next House speaker, the pro-abortion group NARAL Pro-Choice America asked its supporters to take their own oath.
In launching their new website standuptoboehner.org, Nancy Keenan, the group's president, urged Americans to sign a pledge to support abortion. Keenan argued that the new speaker must learn "that his anti-choice agenda is out of step with our country's values and priorities."
Some are calling Boehner, who has said there is "no cause more noble then the defense of human life," the most pro-life speaker since the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion.
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