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Obama Most Pro-Abortion Candidate Running

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by leesw, Jan 21, 2008.

  1. leesw

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    Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life advocate says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion one running. Terence Jeffrey of the Cybercast News Service penned an editorial last week with that contention.

    "He is so pro-abortion that he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions," Jeffrey writes. He said Obama "did not want to concede -- as he explained in a cold-blooded speech on the Illinois Senate floor -- that these babies, fully outside their mothers' wombs, with their hearts beating and lungs heaving, were in fact 'persons.'

    On the Illinois Senate floor, Obama was the only senator of either party to speak against the baby-protecting bills, Jeffrey said. (Full story)
     
  2. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
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    He isn't the only one who thinks this way:

    "I Am Not Answering These Questions!"
    A Senate Exchange on Birth & Partial-Birth Abortion

    Editor's Note. When the Senate considered the Partial-Birth Abor- tion Ban Act on October 20, 1999, perhaps the most revealing part of the debate was the exchange that is reproduced below, between the chief sponsor of the bill, Senator Rick Santorum (R- Pa.), and the leading opponent, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.). This discussion appears on pages S12878-80 of the October 20 Congressional Record. We have corrected minor errors in transcription and punctuation based on review of a videotape of the C-SPAN broadcast.

    Senator Santorum: I think the issue of where we draw the line constitutionally is very important. And I'm sure the senator from California [Senator Boxer] agrees with me. I think the senator from California would say that she and I, and the senator from Illinois and the senators from Arkansas and Kansas here, we are all protected by the Constitution with a right to life. Would you agree with that, senator from California - - [would you] answer that question?

    Senator Boxer: I support the Roe v. Wade decision.

    Santorum: So you would agree any child that's born has the right to life, is protected under the Constitution? Once that child is born?

    Boxer: I agree with the Roe v. Wade decision. And what you are doing goes against it and will harm the women of this country. And I will speak to that issue when I get the floor myself.

    Santorum: But I would like to ask you a question. You agree, once that child is born, is separated from the mother, that that child is protected by the Constitution and cannot be killed? Do you agree with that?

    Boxer: I would make this statement: That this Constitution, as it currently is - - some of you want to amend it to say that life begins at conception. I think when you bring your baby home, when your baby is born - - and there is no such thing as partial-birth - - the baby belongs to your family and has all the rights. But I am not willing to amend the Constitution to say that a fetus is a person, which I know you would.

    But we will get into that later. I would prefer to address - - I know my colleague is engaging me in a colloquy on his time, and I appreciate it - - I will answer these questions.

    I think what my friend is doing, by asking me these questions, is off point. My friend wants to tell the doctors in this country what to do. My friend from Pennsylvania says they are " rogue" doctors. The AMA will tell you they no longer support you. The American nurses don't support you. The obstetricians and gynecologists don't support you. So my friend can ask me my philosophy all day. On my own time I will talk about it.

    Santorum: If I can reclaim my time: First of all, the AMA still believes this is bad medicine. They do not support the criminal penalties provisions in this bill, but they still believe - - I think you know that to be the case - - that this procedure is not medically necessary, and they stand by that statement.

    I ask the senator from California, again: you believe, you said " once the baby comes home." Obviously, you don't mean they have to take the baby out of the hospital for it to be protected by the Constitution. Once the baby is separated from the mother, you would agree - - completely separated from the mother - - you would agree that baby is entitled to constitutional protection?

    Boxer: I will tell you why I don't want to engage in this. You did the same conversation with a colleague of mine, and I never saw such a twisting of his remarks. [Editor's note: See Nov. 14, 1996 NRL News, page 24, for transcript of an exchange between Santorum and Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wi.).]

    Santorum: Well, be clear, then. Let's be clear.

    Boxer: I am going to be very clear when I get the floor. What you are trying to do is take away the rights of women and their families and their doctors to have a procedure. And now you are trying to turn the question into, "When does life begin?" I will talk about that on my own time.

    Santorum: What I am trying to do is get an answer from the senator from California as to where you would draw the line? Because that really is the important part of this debate.

    Boxer: I will repeat. I will repeat, since the senator has asked me a question I am answering the question I have been posed by the senator. And the answer to the question is, I stand by Roe v. Wade. I stand by it. I hope we have a chance to vote on it. It is very clear, Roe v. Wade. That is what I stand by. My friend doesn't.

    Santorum: Are you suggesting Roe v. Wade covered the issue of a baby in the process of being born?

    Boxer: I am saying what Roe v. Wade says is, that in the early stages of a pregnancy, a woman has the right to choose. In the later stages, the states have the right, yes, to come in and restrict. I support those restrictions, as long as two things happen: They respect the life of the mother and the health of the mother.

    Santorum: I understand that.

    Boxer: That is where I stand. And no matter how you try to twist it, that is where I stand.

    Santorum: I would say to the senator from California, I am not twisting anything. I am simply asking a very straightforward question. There is no hidden question here. The question is - -

    Boxer: I will answer it again.

    Santorum: Once the baby is born, is completely separated from the mother, you will support that that baby has, in fact, the right to life and cannot be killed? You accept that; right?

    Boxer: I don't believe in killing any human being. That is absolutely correct. Nor do you, I am sure.

    Santorum: So you would accept the fact that once the baby is separated from the mother, that baby cannot be killed?

    Boxer: I support the right - - and I will repeat this, again, because I saw you ask the same question to another senator

    Santorum: All the person has to do is give me a straight answer, and then it will be very clear to everybody.

    Boxer: And what defines "separation"? Define "separation." You answer that question. You define it.

    Santorum: Well, let's define that. Okay, let's say the baby is completely separated. In other words, no part of the baby is inside of the mother.

    Boxer: You mean the baby has been birthed and is now in its mother's arms? That baby is a human being.

    Santorum: Well, I don't know if it's necessarily in its mother's arms. Let's say in the obstetrician's hands.

    Boxer: It takes a second, it takes a minute I had two babies, and within seconds of their birth - -

    Santorum: We've had six.

    Boxer: Well, you didn't have any.

    Santorum: My wife and I had babies together. That's the way we do things in our family.

    Boxer: Your wife gave birth. I gave birth. I can tell you, I know when the baby was born.

    Santorum: Good! All I am asking you is, once the baby leaves the mother's birth canal and is through the vaginal orifice and is in the hands of the obstetrician, you would agree that you cannot abort, kill the baby?

    Boxer: I would say when the baby is born, the baby is born, and would then have every right of every other human being living in this country. And I don't know why this would even be a question, to be honest with you.

    Santorum: Because we are talking about a situation here where the baby is almost born. So I ask the question of the senator from California, if the baby was born except for the baby's foot, if the baby's foot was inside the mother but the rest of the baby was outside, could that baby be killed?

    Boxer: The baby is born when the baby is born. That is the answer to the question.

    Santorum: I am asking for you to define for me what that is.

    Boxer: I don't think anybody but the senator from Pennsylvania has a question with it. I have never been troubled by this question. You give birth to a baby. The baby is there, and it is born. That is my answer to the question.

    Santorum: What we are talking about here with partial birth, as the senator from California knows, is a baby is in the process of being born - -

    Boxer: "The process of being born." This is why this conversation makes no sense, because to me it is obvious when a baby is born. To you it isn't obvious.

    Santorum: Maybe you can make it obvious to me. So what you are suggesting is if the baby's foot is still inside of the mother, that baby can then still be killed.

    Boxer: No, I am not suggesting that in any way!

    Santorum: I am asking.

    Boxer: I am absolutely not suggesting that. You asked me a question, in essence, when the baby is born.

    Santorum: I am asking you again. Can you answer that?

    Boxer: I will answer the question when the baby is born. The baby is born when the baby is outside the mother's body. The baby is born.

    Santorum: I am not going to put words in your mouth - -

    Boxer: I hope not.

    Santorum: But, again, what you are suggesting is if the baby's toe is inside the mother, you can, in fact, kill that baby.

    Boxer: Absolutely not.

    Santorum: OK. So if the baby's toe is in, you can't kill the baby. How about if the baby's foot is in?

    Boxer: You are the one who is making these statements.

    Santorum: We are trying to draw a line here.

    Boxer: I am not answering these questions! I am not answering these questions.
     
  3. bunnytoes

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    Any Christian in good conscience could not vote for Obama! This issue alone should cancel him out. Shameful!

    http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200801/COM20080109b.html

    He is so pro-abortion that he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions. In a cold blooded speech, he refused to concede that these babies were "persons'- even though they were fully outside their mother's wombs with their hearts beating and their lungs heaving. On the Illinois Senate floor, Obama was the only senator to speak against the baby-protecting bills. He voted "present" on each, effectively the same as a "no." .
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    In the event anyone is not familiar with partial birth abortion; the baby is positioned into the breech position, he is pulled out by his legs half way and a hole in punched into his skull. His brains are sucked out by an instrument while his heart beats and his lungs heave. Obama has voted numerous times against a bill to ban this heinous practice.
    http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/pba/PBA_Images/PBA_Images_Heathers_Place.htm
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    Here we have a man who was BORN INTO ISLAM. By Islamic law, any child born to a Muslim father is MUSLIM. This cannot be changed. Mohammed said, “Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him.” (Hadith Al Buhkari vol. 9:57) and that father is bound by duty to lead him along the path of Islam. There is some dispute that Obama's father was actually a practicing Muslim- but his father deserted him as a small child. His stepfather WAS a practicing Muslim, and as Obama says in his book, "I looked to Lolo (stepfather) for guidace. Yes, here we have a man who was BORN INTO ISLAM, expresses his admiration for Islam and vows to stand with the Muslims in his books, a man whose biggest backers are American Muslim activists! Investigate just who this man is, who his backers are.
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    want Barack Hussein obama for president of the United States.
     
  4. saturneptune

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    The most pro abortion? How do you assign degrees to the slaughter of innocent life?
     
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