Yesterday evening the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 146 to 45 to remove abortion funding from the state health care exchanges that will be created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
This margin of victory in the state house indicates that the legislature is not in favor of using taxpayer’s money to fund abortions. According to a 2010 Quinnipiac Poll, 67% of Americans oppose abortion funding in the federal health care exchange.
House Bill 1977 now goes to the state senate. Please send a message to your Senator requesting a pro-life vote!
Following is a list of the representatives who voted “yes” to HB 1977:
ALLENTOWN DIOCESE
Thomas R. Caltagirone (D-Berks)
Jim Cox (R-Berks)
Gary Day (R-Lehigh) – EXCUSED
Joe Emrick (R-Northampton)
Mark M. Gillen (R-Berks)
Neal P. Goodman (D-Schuylkill)
Marcia M. Hahn (R-Northampton)
Julie Harhart (R-Northampton)
Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon)
Jerry Knowles (R-Schuylkill)
David M. Maloney (R-Berks)
Douglas G. Reichley (R-Lehigh)
Steve Samuelson (D-Northampton)
Justin J. Simmons (R-Lehigh)
Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill)
ALTOONA-JOHNSTOWN DIOCESE
Bryan Barbin (D-Cambria)
Kerry A. Benninghoff (R-Centre)
Frank Burns (D-Cambria)
H. Scott Conklin (D-Centre)
Mike Fleck (R-Huntingdon)
Richard Allen Geist (R-Blair)
Gary Haluska (D-Cambria)
Michael K. Hanna, Sr. (D-Clinton)
Dick L. Hess (R-Bedford)
Carl Metzgar (R-Somerset)
Jerry A. Stern (R-Blair)
ERIE DIOCESE
Martin T. Causer (R-McKean)
John R. Evans (R-Erie) – EXCUSED
Florindo J. Fabrizio, Jr. (D-Erie)
Matt Gabler (R-Elk)
Camille E. George (D-Clearfield)
Patrick Harkins (D-Erie)
John Hornaman (D-Erie) – EXCUSED
Mark Longietti (D-Mercer)
Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren)
Brad Roae (R-Crawford)
Curtis G. Sonney (R-Erie)
Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion)
Samuel H. Smith (R-Jefferson)
Michele Brooks (R-Mercer)
Scott E. Hutchinson (R-Venango)
Richard (Dick) R. Stevenson (R-Mercer)
GREENSBURG DIOCESE
Peter J. Daley, II (D-Washington)
George Dunbar (R-Westmoreland)
Eli Evankovich (R-Westmoreland)
R. Ted Harhai (D-Westmoreland)
Tim Krieger (R-Westmoreland)
Deberah Kula (D-Fayette)
Tim Mahoney (D-Fayette)
Joseph F. Markosek (D-Allegheny)
Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion)
Joseph A. Petrarca (D-Westmoreland)
Jeffrey P. Pyle (R-Armstrong)
Dave Reed (R-Indiana)
Mike Reese (R-Westmoreland)
Samuel H. Smith (R-Jefferson)
HARRISBURG DIOCESE
Ryan P. Aument (R-Lancaster)
John C. Bear (R-Lancaster)
Kerry A. Benninghoff (R-Centre)
Stephen Bloom (R-Cumberland)
Scott W. Boyd (R-Lancaster) – EXCUSED
Thomas C. Creighton (R-Lancaster)
Linda Schlegel Culver (R-Northumberland)
Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster)
Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland)
Gordon R. Denlinger (R-Lancaster)
Mike Fleck (R-Huntingdon)
Keith J. Gillespie (R-York)
Mauree A. Gingrich (R-Lebanon)
Glen R. Grell (R-Cumberland)
Seth Grove (R-York)
C. Adam Harris (R-Juniata)
Susan C. Helm (R-Dauphin)
David S. Hickernell (R-Lancaster)
Robert W. Kauffman (R-Franklin)
Fred Keller (R-Union)
Mark K. Keller (R-Perry)
Ronald S. Marsico (R-Dauphin)
Kurt A. Masser (R-Northumberland)
David Millard (R-Columbia)
Ronald E. Miller (R-York)
Dan Moul (R-Adams)
John D. Payne (R-Dauphin)
Scott Perry (R-York)
Todd Rock (R-Franklin)
Stanley E. Saylor (R-York)
RoseMarie Swanger (R-Lebanon)
Will Tallman (R-York)
PHILADELPHIA ARCHDIOCESE
William F. Adolph, Jr. (R-Delaware)
Stephen E. Barrar (R-Delaware)
Brendan Boyle (D-Philadelphia) – EXCUSED
Kevin J. Boyle (D-Philadelphia)
Paul I. Clymer (R-Bucks)
Lawrence H. Curry (D-Philadelphia)
Margo L. Davidson (D-Delaware)
Maria Donatucci (D-Philadelphia)
Frank Farry (R-Bucks)
John T. Galloway (D-Bucks)
Michael Gerber (D-Montgomery) – EXCUSED
Robert W. Godshall (R-Montgomery)
Joe Hackett (R-Delaware)
Kate M. Harper (R-Montgomery)
Tim Hennessey (R-Chester)
Kenyatta J. Johnson (D-Philadelphia) – EXCUSED
Warren Kampf (R-Chester)
Thomas H. Killion (R-Chester, Delaware)
John Lawrence (R-Chester)
Nick Miccarelli (R-Delaware)
Nicholas A. Micozzie (R-Delaware)
Thomas Murt (R-Montgomery)
Dennis M. O’Brien (R-Philadelphia) – EXCUSED
Bernie O’Neill (R-Bucks)
Tony J. Payton (D-Philadelphia) – EXCUSED
Scott A. Petri (R-Bucks)
Thomas J. Quigley (R-Montgomery)
Marguerite Quinn (R-Bucks)
Curt Schroder (R-Chester)
Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery)
John J. Taylor (R-Philadelphia)
Marcy Toepel (R-Montgomery)
Dan Truitt (R-Chester)
Mike Vereb (R-Montgomery)
Katharine M. Watson (R-Bucks)
PITTSBURGH DIOCESE
Michele Brooks (R-Mercer)
Jim Christiana (R-Beaver)
Dom Costa (D-Allegheny)
Peter J. Daley, II (D-Washington)
Daniel J. Deasy, Jr. (D-Allegheny)
Anthony M. DeLuca (D-Allegheny)
Brian L. Ellis (R-Butler)
Marc J. Gergely (D-Allegheny)
Jaret Gibbons (D-Lawrence)
Scott E. Hutchinson (R-Venango)
William C. Kortz, II (D-Allegheny)
Nick Kotik (D-Allegheny)
John A. Maher (R-Allegheny)
Joseph F. Markosek (D-Allegheny)
Jim Marshall (R-Beaver)
Robert Matzie (D-Beaver)
Daryl D. Metcalfe (R-Butler)
T. Mark Mustio (R-Allegheny)
Brandon P. Neuman (D-Washington)
Joseph Preston Jr. (D- Allegheny) – EXCUSED
Adam Ravenstahl (D-Allegheny)
Harry A. Readshaw (D-Allegheny)
Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny)
Christopher Sainato (D-Lawrence)
Richard (Dick) R. Stevenson (R-Mercer)
Michael R. Turzai (R-Allegheny)
Randy Vulakovich (R-Allegheny)
Chelsa Wagner (D- Allegheny) – EXCUSED
SCRANTON DIOCESE
Matthew E. Baker (R-Tioga)
Karen Boback (R-Luzerne)
Rosemary M. Brown (R-Monroe)
Mike Carroll (D-Luzerne)
Garth D. Everett (R-Lycoming)
Sid Michaels Kavulich (D-Lackawanna)
Sandra J. Major (R-Susquehanna)
Rick Mirabito (D-Lycoming)
Kevin P. Murphy (D-Lackawanna)
Michael Peifer (R-Wayne)
Tina Pickett (R-Bradford)
Mario M. Scavello (R-Philadelphia)
Ken Smith (D-Lackawanna)
Edward G. Staback (D-Lackawanna)
Tarah Toohil (R-Luzerne)
