Posts Tagged ‘obama on abortion’

Barack Obama: This Emperor Has No Clothes

Like the young boy who spoke the truth to power in the Hans Christian Andersen folk tale, London Telegraph columnist Gerald Warner sticks a critically-needed needle in the Obama Hysteria balloon. This is a must-read, especially if you have any inclination at all that Obama will be good for America:

It is crucial to recall the reality that lies behind the rhetoric. Denouncing "those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents" comes ill from a man whose flagship legislation, the Freedom of Choice Act, will impose abortion, including partial-birth abortion, on every state in the Union. It seems the era of Hope is to be inaugurated with a slaughter of the innocents.

Barack Obama inauguration: this Emperor has no clothes, it will all end in tears :: Gerald Warner

Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions Worldwide

Obama’s record on abortion, including partial-birth and “born alive” abortions, was well known during the campaign so it should come as no surprise that one of his first official acts was to commit the U.S. taxpayer to paying for abortions around the world. From the White House blog:

In addition, I look forward to working with Congress to restore U.S. financial support for the U.N. Population Fund.  By resuming funding to UNFPA, the U.S. will be joining 180 other donor nations working collaboratively to reduce poverty, improve the health of women and children, prevent HIV/AIDS and provide family planning assistance to women in 154 countries.

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)(1)), prohibits nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive Federal funds from using those funds "to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions." 

The August 1984 announcement by President Reagan of what has become known as the "Mexico City Policy" directed the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand this limitation and withhold USAID funds from NGOs that use non-USAID funds to engage in a wide range of activities, including providing advice, counseling, or information regarding abortion, or lobbying a foreign government to legalize or make abortion available. 

The Mexico City Policy was in effect from 1985 until 1993, when it was rescinded by President Clinton.  President George W. Bush reinstated the policy in 2001, implementing it through conditions in USAID grant awards, and subsequently extended the policy to "voluntary population planning" assistance provided by the Department of State. [Source: Presidential Memorandum]

The White House – Blog Post – Statement released after the President rescinds "Mexico City Policy"

Obama’s Abortion Extremism

Black women already kill their unborn babies at a rate three times that of other races. The election of Obama, who has promised to remove all restrictions on abortion, will pave the way for the complete destruction of the black American family and culture.

There is no greater judgment reserved for the damned than there is for Barack Obama.

Sen. Barack Obama’s views on life issues ranging from abortion to embryonic stem cell research mark him as not merely a pro-choice politician, but rather as the most extreme pro-abortion candidate to have ever run on a major party ticket.

Robert George : Obama’s Abortion Extremism – Townhall.com

Obama: A Heartbeat Away from Murder

In previous articles, I have highlighted Barack Obama’s opposition to an Illinois law that would protect infants who were born alive following a botched abortion. Obama believes that a woman should be allowed to complete an effort to abort an unwanted pregnancy, even if it means killing or abandoning until death a viable infant outside of the womb.

It struck me that, if we as a nation condone the killing of “born alive aborted” babies, we are baby’s breath away from “aborting” a full-term infant after birth. The “logic” (or insanity) is the same.

Under Obama’s policy, it no longer matters if the infant to be aborted is inside the womb or outside. All that matters is the mother “chooses” to kill the baby.

If a woman can reconfirm or “re-choose” to kill a baby after its live birth (albeit during an abortion attempt), it is an easy argument to say that she can make her initial choice to “abort” a baby after its live birth.

In most civilized societies, the intentional killing of a living human being (other than a state-sanctioned execution) is considered murder. However, if you ask the man who could be our next President, such an act would simply be the logical extension of a woman’s “choice” to avoid being, as Obama put it, “punished with a baby.”

If It Was Up to Obama, This Woman Would be Dead

But because she is not, Gianna Jessen has the power to end Barack Obama’s Presidential bid, simply because she lives. View the video, read this article and then check out her web site.

If it was up to the abominable Obama, the to-be-aborted little baby, Gianna Jessen, would have been turned into worm dirt 31 years ago. Thankfully, Mr. Change and Mr. Hope wasn’t around back then to lay his liberal legislative death-dealing pen to Ms. Jessen’s fate—and the world is a better place for it.

So, who is Gianna Jessen?

Doug Giles :: Townhall.com :: If It Was Up to Obama, This Woman Would be Dead

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

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