The National Right to Life Committee has published a white paper regarding Barack Obama’s record on abortion and, specifically, his position on the issue of “born-alive aborted” infants– babies who survive a botched abortion attempt only to be killed or abandoned until death outside of the womb.

Senator Barack Obama and his campaign staff have made many conflicting claims in an attempt to “explain” his opposition in 2001, 2002, and 2003, while an Illinois state senator, to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, legislation to provide legal protection for babies who are born alive during abortions. The language of the Illinois bills was very similar to the language of the federal Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (BAIPA), which was first introduced in Congress in 2000 and enacted into law in 2002. This document provides short rebuttals to a number of the often-shifting Obama claims. For much more extensive documentation on the Obama record on this issue, see http://www.nrlc.org/ObamaBAIPA/index.html

The bottom line is that Obama opposed legislative efforts to protect live, viable newborns. Although he originally denied adopting this position for years, it dovetails perfectly with his comment earlier this year:

“Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old,” [Obama] said. “I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

Barack Obama’s Actions and Shifting Claims on the Protection of Born-Alive Aborted Infants