Obamanation says nothing will stop him from killing babies.
Posted on 02/28/2008 9:39:45 AM PST by BGHater
On Wednesday a full transcript of Democrat presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama’s July 2007 speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in which he vigorously defended legalized abortion became available.
In the July 17 speech, Obama attacked the Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal partial-birth abortion ban and the nomination of Supreme Court justices who favor overturning Roe v. Wade. In the speech the senator said, "There will always be people, many of goodwill, who do not share my view on the issue of choice. On this fundamental issue, I will not yield and Planned Parenthood will not yield."
Obama based his speech around the question, “What kind of America will our daughters grow up in?”
He specifically argued against the Supreme Court decision Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld restrictions on partial-birth abortion.
“For the first time in Gonzales versus Carhart,” Obama said, “the Supreme Court held—upheld a federal ban on abortions with criminal penalties for doctors. For the first time, the Court’s endorsed an abortion restriction without an exception for women’s health. The decision presumed that the health of women is best protected by the Court—not by doctors and not by the woman herself. That presumption is wrong.”
He warned abortion supporters that the partial-birth abortion ban should not be construed as an isolated effort, saying it was wrong to presume the law was “not part of a concerted effort to roll back the hard-won rights of American women.”
Obama said the decision had encouraged an Alabama lawmaker to introduce a measure to ban all abortions. “With one more vacancy on the Court, we could be looking at a majority hostile to a woman’s fundamental right to choose for the first time since Roe versus Wade and that is what is at stake in this election,” Obama claimed.
The senator said he had a long tradition of support for legalized abortion, citing his efforts in the Illinois State Senate and his classes as a law professor. “I have worked on these issues for decades now,” he said. “I put Roe at the center of my lesson plan on reproductive freedom when I taught Constitutional Law. Not simply as a case about privacy but as part of the broader struggle for women’s equality.”
The dissent of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in Gonzales v. Carhart won praise from Obama while Justice Anthony Kennedy, who spoke for the majority, was held up for ridicule.
“The only thing more disturbing than the decision was the rationale of the majority. Without any hard evidence, Justice Kennedy proclaimed, ‘It is self-evident that a woman would regret her choice.’ He cited medical uncertainty about the need to protect the health of pregnant women. Even though the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists found no such uncertainty. Justice Kennedy knows many things, my understanding is he does not know how to be a doctor,” Obama said.
On the topic of judicial appointments, Obama reaffirmed his opposition to the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Alito, who are believed to be hostile to the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Obama also depicted his opponents as divisive, saying, “They want us to believe that there’s nothing that unites us as Americans—there’s only what divides us. They’ll seek out the narrowest and most divisive ground.”
Senator Obama said he was “absolutely convinced that culture wars are so nineties,” saying it was “time to turn the page.”
“We’re tired about arguing about the same ole’ stuff,” he continued. And I am convinced we can win that argument. If the argument is narrow, then oftentimes we lose.”
He said abortion advocates should emphasize their support for women to have the “same chances” as men.
Laura Echevarria, the political writer and former National Right to Life Committee spokeswoman who transcribed the July speech, criticized Obama’s remarks.
"Many Americans see Barack Obama as a kind and compassionate candidate," she said. "However, Mr. Obama's compassion does not extend to our most vulnerable members of society- -unborn children."
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Obama, the Constitution "expert," is evidently clueless about major Constitutional problems with Roe v. Wade.
This post (<-click) explains how dirty Democrat politics led to the USSC's scandalous legalization of abortion in Roe v. Wade, in my opinion. Note that the post first references two non-abortion cases to show Roe v. Wade in a different, troubling perspective.
The woman’s rights end at the umbilical cord. The rest of us are fighting for the rights of those attached at the other end of the cord.
And the Supreme Court cannot create rights. They can only strike down unConstitutional laws.
Legislating from the bench is bad precedence.
Obamanation says nothing will stop him from killing babies.
He’d better listen. Abortion, gun rights and appointments to the Supreme Court, are red meat for conservatives.
You betcha Barry...abortion was, is and will continue to be MURDER.
But, oh, so narrow...
As much as I disagree with McCain as the Republican nominee, if he can't hit these Obama softballs out of the park (not to mention his absurd comments on our security, the economy, taxes, etc.) then we are in for four very long years...
Umm - yes, you will, Obama. And so will President Hillary. The prolife movement in America has turned the tide and it will be impossible to hold high public office without being held accountable to prolife principles, very soon.
“I will not yeild to pro life concerns” but in the case of a covicted murderer rapist who is scheduled for the electric chair I will fight dilagently to save his life! HYPOCRITE, LIBERAL SKUNKS ALL OF THEM!
I guess a conservative who doesn’t care about the ‘social’ issues such as abortion wouldn’t see any difference between Obama and McCain. For those of us who are pro-life, however, it is clear there is a very big difference.
But has no chance of winning the nomination.
This is going to sound so ... judgmental. But it is clear whom is Barry’s behind the scenes source of charisma when you realize whom it is that wants the slaughter of alive unborn babies to continue unabated. That same source of charisma impelled the sinkEmperor to his popularity. And what is even more sad is what that says about American voters! Many of whm claim to be good Catholics, good Christians, yet they support the servants of evil who defend and protect this evil in our world! {/judgmental rant}
Yes, allah is watching Barry, and pumping up his charisma quotient ... from hell’s jawels.
I voted for huckabee not because he supports an amendment that may never pass and he will never get to sign. I voted for him because abortion actually went down significantly in his state when he was governor.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/sfaa/arkansas.html
In 2005, 4,710 women obtained abortions in Arkansas, producing a rate of 8.3 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some Arkansas residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate declined 15% since 2000, when it was 9.8 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44.
In 2005, there were 3 abortion providers in Arkansas. This represents a 57% decrease from 2000, when there were 7 abortion providers.
but he’s a christian right? that what he says
true but ideas matter and a vote for him is a vote that those ideas are listened to
I’m telling you...on any other issue, McCain will be labeled a racist, negative, too old, etc. THIS ISSUE will propel him to the whitehouse...he needs this base.
Hillary’s victory over Hussein Obama in NH was due to mass junk mailings portraying Hillary as the true pro-abort. This caused the NOW gang in NH to come out in droves for her. Hussein Obama is attempting to peel away Hillary’s support of feminazis.
Yes there has been a lot of defeatism about a constitutional amendment to ban abortion ever since the Clinton Mafia began occupying the White House in the early ‘90’s. However, defeatism never brought moral progress to a country, but faith in action always does lift a country out of moral darkness.
This Obama character is not prepared to be a man.
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