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Democrats for Life of America, the Glossary

Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) is a 501(c)(4) American political advocacy nonprofit organization that seeks to elect anti-abortion Democrats and to encourage the Democratic Party to oppose euthanasia, capital punishment, and abortion.^[1]

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Abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

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Abortion debate

The abortion debate is a longstanding, ongoing controversy that touches on the moral, legal, medical, and religious aspects of induced abortion.

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Abortion-rights movements

Abortion-rights movements are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion.

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Advocacy

Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions.

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Al Gore

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.

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Alabama Democratic Party

The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama.

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American Solidarity Party

The American Solidarity Party (ASP) is a Christian democratic political party in the United States. Democrats for Life of America and American Solidarity Party are anti-abortion organizations in the United States.

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Americans United for Life

Americans United for Life (AUL) is an American anti-abortion law firm and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1971, the group opposes abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research, and certain contraceptive methods. Democrats for Life of America and Americans United for Life are anti-abortion organizations in the United States.

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Anti-abortion movements

Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality.

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Bart Stupak

Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (born February 29, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist.

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Ben McAdams

Benjamin Michael McAdams (born December 5, 1974) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative from Utah's 4th congressional district from 2019 to 2021.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Bob Casey Jr.

Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2007.

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Bob Casey Sr.

Robert Patrick Casey Sr. (January 9, 1932 – May 30, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 42nd governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995.

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Candid (organization)

Candid is an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

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Care Net

Care Net is an evangelical Christian network of crisis pregnancy centers operating primarily in the United States. Democrats for Life of America and Care Net are anti-abortion organizations in the United States.

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Children's rights

Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

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Collin Peterson

Collin Clark Peterson (born June 29, 1944) is an American accountant, politician, and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for from 1991 to 2021.

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Communitarianism

Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community.

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Connecticut General Assembly

The Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Connecticut House of Representatives

The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Consistent life ethic

The consistent life ethic (CLE), also known as the consistent ethic of life or whole life ethic, is an ideology that opposes abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.

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Dan Lipinski

Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966) is an American politician and political scientist who served eight terms as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2021.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Euthanasia

Euthanasia (from lit: label + label) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.

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Executive director

Executive director is commonly the title of the chief executive officer (CEO) of a company, non-profit organization, government agency or international organization.

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Factions in the Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party of the United States is a party composed of various factions.

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Fetal rights

Fetal rights are the moral rights or legal rights of the human fetus under natural and civil law.

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Foreign policy

Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities.

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Henry Cuellar

Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar (born September 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2005.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Hyde Amendment

In U.S. politics, the Hyde Amendment is a legislative provision barring the use of federal funds to pay for abortion, except to save the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape.

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James Carville

Chester James Carville Jr. (born October 25, 1944) is an American political consultant, author, and occasional actor who has strategized for candidates for public office in the United States and in at least 23 nations abroad.

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Jesse Jackson

Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.

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Jim Oberstar

James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician and Congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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Joe Donnelly

Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. (born September 29, 1955) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2022 to 2024.

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Joe Manchin

Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010.

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Joe Turnham

Joe Turnham (born October 28, 1959, in Lee County, Alabama) is a United States politician who chaired the Alabama Democratic Party from 2005 to 2011.

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Kathy Dahlkemper

Kathleen Ann Dahlkemper (née Steenberge; born December 10, 1957) is an American politician.

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Libertarians for Life

Libertarians for Life (LFL, L4L) is a nonsectarian group expressing an opposition to abortion within the context of libertarianism. Democrats for Life of America and libertarians for Life are anti-abortion organizations in the United States.

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Marie Newman

Marie Newman (née Klassen; born April 13, 1964) is an American politician and marketing consultant who served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2023.

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Martin Sheen

Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor.

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Michael DiMassa

Michael DiMassa (born September 17, 1990) is an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 116th district from 2017 to 2021.

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National Association of Evangelicals

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is an American association of Evangelical Christian denominations, organizations, schools, churches, and individuals, member of the World Evangelical Alliance.

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Nonprofit organization

A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, or simply a nonprofit (using the adjective as a noun), is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners.

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Paul Begala

Paul Edward Begala (born May 12, 1961) is an American political consultant and political commentator, best known as the former advisor to President Bill Clinton.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Philosophical aspects of the abortion debate

The philosophical aspects of the abortion debate are logical arguments that can be made either in support of or in opposition to abortion.

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Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.

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Pregnant Women Support Act

The Pregnant Women Support Act was created by the Democrats for Life of America and introduced into Congress by then Representative Lincoln Davis of Tennessee.

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President (corporate title)

A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.

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Redeem the Vote

Redeem the Vote is an American Christian right organization founded by Randy Brinson during the 2004 presidential campaign to register young evangelical Christians to vote, in the model of MTV's youth-vote Rock the Vote campaign.

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Republican Majority for Choice

The Republican Majority for Choice (RMC) was a Republican organization in the United States dedicated to preserving legal access to abortion.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Democrats for Life of America and Republican Party (United States) are anti-abortion organizations in the United States.

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Sargent Shriver

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist.

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Socioeconomics

Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes.

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Sojourners

Sojourners is a progressive monthly magazine and daily online publication of the American Christian social justice organization Sojourners, which arose out of the Sojourners Community.

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Steve Driehaus

Steven Leo Driehaus (born June 24, 1966) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for, serving from 2009 until 2011.

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Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts.

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Terrisa Bukovinac

Terrisa Lin Bukovinac (born April 4, 1981) is an American anti-abortion activist.

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Tony Campolo

Anthony Campolo (born February 25, 1935) is an American sociologist, Baptist pastor, author, public speaker and former spiritual advisor to U.S. President Bill Clinton.

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Treneé McGee

Treneé McGee (born July 5, 1994) is an American Democratic Party politician currently serving as the youngest female member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 116th district, which includes parts of the cities of New Haven and West Haven, since 2021.

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United States abortion-rights movement

The United States abortion-rights movement (also known as the pro-choice movement) is a sociopolitical movement in the United States supporting the view that a woman should have the legal right to an elective abortion, meaning the right to terminate her pregnancy, and is part of a broader global abortion-rights movement.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrats_for_Life_of_America

Also known as DFLA, Democrats For Life, Dems for life, Pro-life Democrats.

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