Obama Voted against banning partial birth abortion

In 1997, Obama voted against SB 230, which would have turned doctors into felons by banning so-called partial-birth abortion, & against a 2000 bill banning state funding. Although these bills included an exception to save the life of the mother, they didn’t include anything about abortions necessary to protect the health of the mother. The legislation defined a fetus as a person, & could have criminalized virtually all abortion. Source: The Improbable Quest, by John K. Wilson, p.147-148 Oct 30, 2007
www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Abortion.htm#1

Obama Trusts women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion

Q: What us your view on the decision on partial-birth abortion and your reaction to most of the public agreeing with the court’s holding?

A: I think that most Americans recognize that this is a profoundly difficult issue for the women and families who make these decisions. They don’t make them casually. And I trust women to make these decisions in conjunction with their doctors and their families and their clergy. And I think that’s where most Americans are. Now, when you describe a specific procedure that accounts for less than 1% of the abortions that take place, then naturally, people get concerned, and I think legitimately so. But the broader issue here is: Do women have the right to make these profoundly difficult decisions? And I trust them to do it. There is a broader issue: Can we move past some of the debates around which we disagree and can we start talking about the things we do agree on? Reducing teen pregnancy; making it less likely for women to find themselves in these circumstances.

Source: 2007 South Carolina Democratic primary debate, on MSNBC Apr 26, 2007
www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Abortion.htm#1

Obama Undecided on whether life begins at conception

Q: Do you personally believe that life begins at conception?
A: This is something that I have not come to a firm resolution on. I think it’s very hard to know what that means, when life begins. Is it when a cell separates? Is it when the soul stirs? So I don’t presume to know the answer to that question. What I know is that there is something extraordinarily powerful about potential life and that that has a moral weight to it that we take into consideration when we’re having these debates.

Source: 2008 Democratic Compassion Forum at Messiah College Apr 13, 2008
www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Abortion.htm#1

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that anything that has the ability to grow is living; it’s alive, not dead or non existent. With that in mine, wouldn’t it be accurate to say that the unborn baby no matter how many weeks old he might be in the mother’s womb, he or she is alive and growing, and if we don’t interrupt the process it will continue to grow until it riches necessary maturity, and then it will be born, and it will continue to grow, and become a toddler, a child, a teen, an adult, a mother , or a father, a doctor, or a lawyer, a dentist,………. a member of society.

I was given that opportunity. You were given that opportunity. Had my mother decided to terminate her pregnancy when she was carrying me, I wouldn’t be here today, in which case I would have been murdered; because I was a person inside of my mother’s womb, in the most fragile and vulnerable stage of my life, but none the less, I was a person. The stage of life we are in does not change the fact that we are alive and have the right to continue to live.

When a pregnant woman decides to terminate her pregnancy, at whatever stage, that woman is terminating a life. I don’t care if it is only one week pregnant, two weeks, three, or four… Or whether one wants to call it a fetus to emotionally detach herself from it or be politically correct ……. The truth is that a living thing, a baby, another human being is growing inside that womb and it’s alive. And if it was alive and then is dead, and it didn’t happen due to natural causes, then it would be safe to say that someone killed it.

An unborn baby is a person in its most fragile and vulnerable stage, defenseless and at the mercy of those who conceived them. Anyone who performs, approves or supports the termination of the unborn child is nothing but a coward. Why don’t they try to mess with someone their own size? The atrocities being committed against the unborn babies, such as, the partial birth Abortion, all in the name of giving women choices, is inexcusable.

Women have plenty of choices. Let me tell you all the choices women have out there to prevent an unwanted pregnancy: there are condoms, plenty of contraceptive pills to choose from and contraceptive devices, and how about abstinence. It is not a secret that when one has sexual intercourse there is like a 99.9 percent chance of getting pregnant. So if a woman doesn’t want to get pregnant, why doesn’t she try one of the above mentioned choices? Is it such a big of an inconvenience to go to a store or pharmacy to purchase contraceptives? Women and teenage girls spend tons of money buying cosmetics, clothes, shoes, music cd’s, etc. If they know that they are going be having reckless sexual intercourse but don’t want to get pregnant, why don’t they behave more responsibly and invest in one of the preventive methods mentioned above, instead of foolishly getting pregnant and then wanting to terminate the pregnancy?

Some people may say what about the women who get pregnant due to rape? And what about the women who did used contraceptives but they failed and they don’t want a baby? Well, for that, there is a beautiful choice call adoption. And besides, let’s look at the statistics and see who are the people performing abortions. Of all the abortions being performed only 2% were due to rape, incest, physical life of mother, health of mother or fetal health. The other 98% of abortions were performed due to”personal choice”:
–too young/immature/not ready for responsibility
–economic
–to avoid adjusting life
–mother single or in poor relationship
–enough children already

REASONS FOR ABORTIONS IN THE US: COMPILED ESTIMATES Click bellow to see complete story http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html

As you can see on the table above, 98% of abortions could have been prevented by responsibly using a contraceptive method. Instead these individuals recklessly enjoyed the pleasures of having sex and then don’t want to pay for the consequences of their irresponsible actions. That’s why abortions needs to banned altogether and Specially the Partial Birth Abortion.

Partial Birth Abortion

http://www.nrlc.org/ABORTION/pba/diagram.html

To see detailed images of partial-birth abortion, and documentation from medical experts on the accuracy of these images, click here.

Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby’s leg with forceps.

The baby’s leg is pulled out into the birth canal.

The abortionist delivers the baby’s entire body, except for the head.

The abortionist jams scissors into the baby’s skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.

The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child’s brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.

To see detailed images of partial-birth abortion, and documentation from medical experts on the accuracy of these images, click here.

This friends is nothing but a slaughter and it should be stopped immediately and punished to the maximum extend of the law. And anyone who performs, approves or supports these massacres is nothing but a cold-blooded murderer.  And this is why I’m not looking forward to Obama’s presidential inaguration.