As an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama twice opposed legislation to define
as "persons" babies who survive late-term abortions... Mr. Obama said in a
speech on the Illinois Senate floor that he could not accept that babies wholly
emerged from their mother's wombs are "persons," and thus deserving of equal
protection under the Constitution's 14th Amendment...
...Mr. Obama has
compiled a 100% lifetime "pro-choice" voting record, including votes against any
and all restrictions on late-term abortions and parental involvement in
teenagers' abortions
To Mr. Obama, abortion, or "reproductive justice," is
"one of the most fundamental rights we possess." And he promises, "the first
thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," which would
overturn hundreds of federal and state laws limiting abortion, including the
federal ban on partial-birth abortion and bans on public funding of
abortion."
Then there's Mr. Obama's...opposition to laws that protect
babies born-alive during botched abortions. If partial-birth abortion is, as
Democratic icon Daniel Patrick Moynihan labeled it, "too close to infanticide,"
then what is killing fully-birthed babies?
On the campaign trail, Mr.
Obama seldom speaks about abortion and its related issues. But his few moments
of candor are illuminative. When speaking extemporaneously, Mr. Obama will admit
things like "I don't want [my daughters] punished with a baby." Or he'll say
that voting for legislation allowing Terri Schiavo's family to take its case
from state courts to federal courts in an effort to stop her euthanasia was his
"biggest mistake" in the Senate. Biggest mistake?
...He recently compared his
relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers, a member of a
group responsible for bombing government buildings, to his friendship with
stalwart pro-life physician and senator Tom Coburn...
...In "The Audacity
of Hope," Mr. Obama denounces abortion absolutism on both ends of the
ideological spectrum. That is audacious indeed considering Obama's record, which
epitomizes the very radicalism and extremism he denounces.
(Thank you, Ron.)
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