Issue of Covering Abortions Will Not Impede Health-Care Reform Legislation, Says ‘Pro-Life' Democratic Sen. Bob Casey

(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), a self-proclaimed pro-life Democrat who now embraces President Barack Obama's call for “common ground,” said Wednesday that the issue of abortion should not bog down passage of a health-care reform bill.

“It hasn’t been an impediment, and I don’t expect it to be and it shouldn’t be. There is no reason why in a health-care bill we have to have another debate about that issue (abortion),” Casey told CNSNews.com in a conference-call discussion about health-care reform in the Senate...