Posted on 05/21/2008 3:54:21 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Michelle Obama, the attorney wife of pro-abortion Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, is coming under fire for a letter she wrote defending partial-birth abortions. The 2004 letter, written to help Obama in his campaign for his U.S. Senate seat, opposes the ban on the abortion procedure.
In February 2004, Michelle Obama penned a fundraising letter to help her husband Barack raise funds for his Illinois-based Senate seat.
The letter contends the federal ban on partial-birth abortions "is clearly unconstitutional" and "a flawed law."
Though the three-day-long partial-birth abortion procedure involves the partial birth of a baby during the middle trimester of pregnancy and the jamming of scissors into the back of her head to kill her, Obama's wife describes it as "legitimate" medicine.
"The fact remains, with no provision to protect the heath of the mother, this ban on a legitimate medical procedure is clearly unconstitutional and must be overturned," Michelle Obama writes in the letter.
She also said the Bush administration should not encourage the abortion practitioners who sued to reverse the ban to drop their lawsuit to make it unconstitutional. The Supreme Court later sided with Bush and Congress in saying the ban is legitimate.
In closing, Obama told prospective donors that they could "count on" Barack to "keep the Bush team from appointing the Supreme Court justice that will vote against Roe v. Wade."
Noted pro-life advocate Jill Stanek highlighted the letter on her blog and said Michelle was "leeching off the partial birth abortion ban" to raise funds for her husband.
"I'd like to ask Michelle to explain her legal opinion about this law the Supremes went on to declare constitutional," Stanek said.
"I'd like to ask Michelle how in the world she could in good conscience raise money from fear-mongering about this barbaric abortion procedure," she added.
Stanek pointed out that Barack Obama recently issued a warning to "lay off my wife" after she came under fire about an unrelated issue.
Stanek said the request amounted to "Free speech for me but not for thee" -- something she called "a typical left-wing position."
"So it's fine to kill late-term babies, but we can't risk hurting Michelle's feelings about it," she added.
"The fact remains, with no provision to protect the heath of the mother, this ban on a legitimate medical procedure is clearly unconstitutional and must be overturned," Michelle Obama writes in the letter.
Whether the baby is alive or has been murdered, delivery is still necessary, so I can think of NO SCENARIO where partial birth abortion could possibly save a woman's life.
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Don’t mention his wife. Or his ears. Or his middle name.
you are not programmed to refuse the Messiah’s message to not pick on his wife. leave all thought and reason to the all mighty
ALBAMBI!
he knows better than me.
/s
Or his pastor, or his church, or the fact he’s a muslim, or that he’s an appeaser, or ......
Help us out guys there’s got to be more...........
Exactly. If you have to get the baby out for medical reasons, get it out, but do all possible to save its life.
Mainstream Democrats. What’s the big deal?
I remember Ronald Reagan once said, “It seems that everyone in favor of abortion has already been born.”
...or his race, or his “parenthood = punishment” stance...
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I can understand why she would write such a letter. Her people use abortion as birth control. And there are those that want these people in the White House?
Just curious, how popular is the partial birth abortion issue among the Democrats?
?or his race, or his “parenthood=punishment” stance...
or aby of his best friend’s names.......
Or his lack of experience, or his lack of respect for the nations flag, or his need to play with his crotch rather than his respect for the flag, or his stand on aborting the innocent baby, or his - and the list keeps getting longer.
Didn’t Senator Bob Casey Jr., The Catholic Senator from Pa.,stronly endorse and recommend Obama to the voters of Pa.?
Isn’t Bishop James Clifford Timlin of the Scranton Diocese a leading Democrat and supporter of Bob Casey Jr?
Michelle Obama is such a pathetic and filthy little bug.
This disgusting creature shouldn’t be allowed into the White House on a tour, let alone live there.
The last time Michelle got something right was when she tied her star to a rising politican. Too bad he’s gay, but hey, she can’t have everything.
3 days? It takes 3 days? Wagglebee, can you explain?
I don’t know, and I’m not sure I want to know why it takes three days. I do know that the natural labor process comes into play, but I’m not totally sure why it takes so long.
Here is some info from Priests for Life which is fairly comprehensive, perhaps some of the FReepers I’ve pinged can better explain what is involved.
http://www.priestsforlife.org/partialbirth.html
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