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Article: Obama More Pro-Choice Than NARAL
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- Human Events
- Article date:
- December 25, 2006
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Copyright informationCopyright Human Events Publishing, Inc. Dec 25, 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.) portrays himself as a thoughtful Democrat who carefully considers both sides of controversial issues, hut his radical stance on abortion puts him further left on that issue than even NARAL Pro-Choice America.
In 2002, as an Illinois legislator, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, which would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions. That same year a similar federal law, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, was signed by President Bush. Only 15 members of the U.S. House opposed it, and it passed the Senate unanimously on a voice vote.
Both the Illinois and the federal bill sought equal treatment for babies who survived premature ...
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Article: INFANTS PROTECTION ACT
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...I could hardly believe it when I read about the "Born Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000" (H.R. 4292). This bill says that a child who survives an abortion, and is now completely separate from the mother, is...
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