I told you that this wasn’t going away

August 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Obama’s hard-line crusade to preserve Roe v. Wade may have in fact weakened it. Many are pondering exactly what has happened to the principled arguments of a woman’s individual rights to the rights of the unborn. It’s moved far away from that and both camps are now talking along the same lines.

Voters Should be Troubled by Obama’s Abortion Stance - By Dennis Byrne

Can we just listen to ourselves? We’re debating whether some babies born alive have a right to medical attention.

How have we come to this? Can’t we all agree that everyone whose heart beats, brain functions and lungs respire at birth should have a chance to live? If we’re a compassionate, rational and just society, we would say, “Of course, every infant has a right to lifesaving medical attention. Even if it’s not wanted.”

But an unthinkable debate is raging as a part of the presidential campaign, centering on how Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama voted while he was an Illinois state senator on legislation designed to protect the lives and health of all newborns. The debate over Obama’s voting record has grown so arcane that we’ve lost sight of why this question ever came up: Some infants that survive abortion are denied medical assistance. They are left to die.

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  1. Comment by Brandy Gibson on 27 August 2008:

    Obama is a creep. It bothers me that I actually wanted Obama to beat Hillary even though I doubted I would vote Democrat. It is amazing how opinions change when things come to light.

  2. Comment by Kdog on 29 August 2008:

    I’m afraid Mr. Byrne may not have a full understanding of the Constitution and our law making process. When creating the BAIPA, Illinois included language that would contradict Roe v. Wade thereby making it unconstitutional (federal law > state law). If legislation such as this were to be passed, it would need to be passed at the federal level. Even if the legislation had been passed in Illinois, it would have been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court anyway.

    When Obama was asked what he would have done had he been able to vote on the bill at the federal level (which would have been constitutional) he responded, “I have said repeatedly that I would have been completely in, fully in support of the federal bill that everybody supported, which was to say that you should provide assistance to any infant that was born even if it was as a consequence of an induced abortion.”

    I know the current Republican president has referred to the Constitution as “just a god d*&$ piece of paper,” but being a constitional law professor, I doubt Obama is willing to take it so lightly.

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