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Photo: Meg Handler
Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey enters Cooper Union as Students for Choice protest his arrival, New York City, October 2, 1992. In October of 1992, after being denied a platform at the Democratic National Convention, the question Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey was to address that night at Cooper Union, “Can a liberal be pro-life?” . In the Great Hall, where Abraham Lincoln once spoke, activists from ACT UP, WHAM! and Students for Choice would shout Casey down. He left the building without delivering his speech.
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