Obama and Abortion: One Hand Washes the Other

It’s easily my most important political issue. How can it not be? We’re talking about human life, not a “mass of tissue,” as some disingenuously try to claim. We’re not removing kidneys here.

So in my first review of Obama’s voting record I saw repeated support for abortion, even partial birth and abortion on demand. It’s a significant thing and certainly something that would be hard for me to overlook as I consider who to vote for in this election.

This comes from the FRC:

In an interview last week Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made a statement that “mental distress” is not a sufficient reason for a woman to have an abortion. If Senator Obama had stuck by his assertion that would have been a dramatic policy shift both for him and for the pro-abortion Democratic Party.

The junior senator from Illinois quickly “revised” his remarks in an attempt to both backpedal on his comments and to further muddy his extreme views on abortion.

In his interview Senator Obama gave a false description of the bill he repeatedly worked against while he was in the Illinois state senate, legislation that would have protected children who survive abortions. His statements on the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions show a dangerous lack of knowledge about the two Supreme Court cases that legalized abortion in the United States.

Additionally his co-sponsorship of the federal Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) shows his unwavering support of abortion on demand. He went as far as telling a Planned Parenthood audience “the first thing I’d do as president is, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.” FOCA would not only codify Roe v. Wade into law it would also successfully overturn numerous state laws that have been passed over the years to protect children and parents.

When a person willingly chooses to not protect innocent people, what kind of person does that make him?

As a person who has three children, lost two to miscarriage and has a new baby on the way, I’ve become more and more Pro-Life with each passing year. Mr. Obama has chosen the side that doesn’t protect unborn babies in order to gain politically; either that or he’s personally bought the lies.

I’m not sure which is worse.