Daschle has a mixed voting record on abortion-related issues , which led the pro-choice organization NARAL to give him a 50 % vote rating . In 1999 and 2003 , Daschle voted in favor of the ban on partial-birth abortion , and supported legislation making it a crime to harm an unborn child when someone attacks a pregnant woman . ( Investigators into the 2001 anthrax attacks , which included Senator Daschle 's Capitol Hill office , suspect that alleged anthrax mailer Bruce Ivins may have chosen to target Daschle over his views on abortion , although Ivins 's lawyer disputed this alleged motive . ) In 2003 , Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Carlson reportedly wrote to Daschle , criticizing his stance on abortion as conflicting with Roman Catholic teaching , and stating that Daschle should no longer identify himself as a Catholic
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
Tom Daschle