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Obama Lied About Abortion Record
Townhall.com ^ | August 12, 2008 | Amanda Carpenter

Posted on 08/12/2008 6:08:53 AM PDT by Kaslin

Newly discovered documents from the Illinois state archives prove Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has lied about his opposition to legislation requiring health officials to provide care to babies who survived abortion as an Illinois state senator.

Obama has claimed again and again he would have supported his state’s version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act if it included language to protect abortion rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade and viciously attacked conservative opponents who suggested otherwise. Now there’s documentation showing Obama did vote against a version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act that contained language to protect abortion rights identical to the bill that passed 98-0 in the U.S. Senate.

“We have a smoking gun committee report,” the National Right to Life Committee’s Legislative Counsel Susan Muskett said. NRLC posted the unearthed documents from the Illinois senate archives Monday.

There’s been much confusion about Obama’s work on this bill, largely due to the Illinois Senate’s method of marking the bill as “held” in the Health and Human Services Committee, when in fact archived reports show it was killed by a 6-4 party line vote. As Chairman of that committee Obama voted in the majority. NCLR has the committee action report of that vote.

The 6-4 vote tally is included in the right hand column of the table. Just before the committee roll call vote was held to kill the bill, however, senators voted to amend the state’s version Born Alive Infant Protection Act to include a “neutrality clause.” That clause was copied from the federal version of the law and was the very language Obama has claimed would have allowed him to support the bill. The amendment passed the committee 10-0 and that vote is recorded in column on the left side of the table.

A copy of that clause is available here.

In essence, Obama voted to successfully amend the bill in a way Obama has said would have enabled him to support it, before he voted against it.

Conservative journalist David Freddoso said these documents are “absolute proof” Obama has distorted his position on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. In his new book, “The Case Against Barack Obama” Freddoso painstakingly documented Obama’s votes and committee work against the bill.

“He said he would have voted for that bill if it had been like the federal bill when in fact he voted against it when it was like the federal bill,” Freddoso said. “So he’s been lying about it the whole time.”

Muskett agreed. “He needs to come clean and admit he voted to deny protection to born alive babies who survived an abortion,” she told Townhall in a phone interview.

Not only has Obama distorted his record, but his campaign has viciously attacked critics who accurately described his record.

On June 30, 2008 his campaign accused talk radio host Bill Bennett of making “outright false statements” and smearing Obama on CNN because Bennett said Obama supported a bill that even NARAL Pro-Choice America would not oppose. A “Fact Check” document was published on Obama’s presidential website “on CNN and Bennet’s [sic] Inaccurate Claim That IL ‘Born Alive’ Legislation Obama Opposed Was the Same as Federal Legislation He Supported.”


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; bornalive; demlies; democrats; elections; infanticide; nobama08; obama; obamarecord
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1 posted on 08/12/2008 6:08:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Obama has lied about many things....


2 posted on 08/12/2008 6:14:39 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: Kaslin
Obama Lied About *insert topic* Record...

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3 posted on 08/12/2008 6:16:22 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (If you aren't "advancing" your arguments,your losing "the battle of Ideas"...libs,hates the facts 8^)
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To: Kaslin

It’s not possible for me to loathe Obama more than I do right now. I want his defeat to be painfully historic.


4 posted on 08/12/2008 6:16:41 AM PDT by demkicker (In the minority or majority, I'll never stop 'kicking' dems)
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To: Kaslin

A package of Born Alive bills was introduced three times during Obama’s tenure.

The cornerstone bill was the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, which defined legal personhood. This definition was identical to the federal BAIPA (1) which was drafted from the definition of “live birth” created by the World Health Organization in 1950 (2) and adopted by the United Nations in 1955 (3)....

Here I will only post links to Obama’s actions and votes on the cornerstone bill, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. The bill number changed every year it was reintroduced.

2001

Senate Bill 1095 (4), Born Alive Infant Protection Act

Go here to view Obama’s “no” vote (5) in the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 28, 2001.

Transcript of Obama’s verbal opposition to Born Alive on the IL Senate floor (6), March 30, 2001, pages 84-90

Obama’s “present” vote on the IL Senate floor (7), March 30, 2001

2002

Senate Bill 1662 ( 8 ), Born Alive Infant Protection Act

Go here to view Obama’s “no” vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee (9) on March 6, 2002. (ABC inadvertently coped bill #1663, a companion bill. The vote for the Born Alive bill, #1662, was identical.)

Transcript of Obama’s verbal opposition to Born Alive on the IL Senate floor (10), April 4, 2002, pages 28-35

Obama’s “no” vote on the IL Senate floor (11), April 4, 2002

2003

Senate Bill 1082 (12), Born Alive Infant Protection Act

Democrats took control of the IL Senate with the 2002 elections. They sent Born Alive to the infamously liberal Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by Barack Obama (13).

As can be seen on the Actions docket (14), Obama held Born Alive on March 6, 2003, from even being voted on in committee. It is also important to note from the docket that on March 13, 2003, Obama stopped the senate sponsor from adding the lately discussed clarification paragraph (15) from the federal BAIPA, to make the bills absolutely identical.

1. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h107-2175

2. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indunder5mortality/en/

3. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/natality/natmethods.htm

4. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/status/920SB1095.html

5. http://www.jillstanek.com/Senate_Committee_Vote_32701.pdf

6. http://www.ilga.gov/senate/transcripts/strans92/ST033001.pdf

7. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/srollcalls92/920SB1095_03302001_030000T.PDF

8. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/status/920SB1662.html

9. http://www.jillstanek.com/Senate_Committee_Vote_3502.pdf

10. http://www.ilga.gov/senate/transcripts/strans92/ST040402.pdf

11. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/srollcalls92/920SB1662_04042002_014000T.pdf

12. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1082&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3910&SessionID=3&GA=93

13. http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/members.asp?GA=93&committeeID=85

14. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1082&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3910&SessionID=3&GA=93

15. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1082sam001&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3910&DocNum=1082&GAID=3&Session=


5 posted on 08/12/2008 6:20:29 AM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Kaslin

Take an out. Spread this lie of his to the whole country. O ‘ Reilly and the rest of the media won’t bring this up...


6 posted on 08/12/2008 6:20:56 AM PDT by nikos1121 (The first black president of the US should be at least a "Jackie Robinson.")
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To: Kaslin

Obama is evil.


7 posted on 08/12/2008 6:24:56 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: Kaslin

It is to bad he was not aborted.


8 posted on 08/12/2008 6:26:08 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: demkicker
I want his defeat to be painfully historic.

I was around for Mondale's 49-1 defeat.

Maybe O'bummer can lose all 57 states ???

9 posted on 08/12/2008 6:29:33 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: demkicker

“I want his defeat to be painfully historic.”

It would be a beautiful thing to behold.


10 posted on 08/12/2008 6:30:42 AM PDT by Canedawg
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To: Kaslin

What’s the big deal? That was then, this is now. He’s ‘evolving’. (sarc.) The irony is that he’s part black and supporting an industry founded to kill black babies. Does he care? Evidently not.


11 posted on 08/12/2008 6:31:55 AM PDT by hershey
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To: SumProVita

THis seems to be the recurring theme. I think it is easier to keep up with what he hasn’t lied about? This is really getting old, really fast!


12 posted on 08/12/2008 6:37:55 AM PDT by claymax ("Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all." Alexander the Great)
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To: Izzy Dunne; Canedawg
Let's help make it happen by emailing this link to everyone you know. This is one evil scumbag and the truth about Obama's soul must be shown so that everyone will know that he not only supports partial birth abortion, he stands for denying medical care to helpless children that miraculously live after the attempted murder.
13 posted on 08/12/2008 6:42:34 AM PDT by demkicker (In the minority or majority, I'll never stop 'kicking' dems)
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To: demkicker

Gee, I thought we were a “pro choice” nation. So why are they trying to cover up Obama’s views? Can it be they know a majority of Americans reject this kind of extremism? All the more reason abortion should be a winning issue for our side.

I hope the McCain people are holding on to the other negative stuff to release it at the right time. Like Obama’s very soft on crime voting record. This should hurt him a lot.


14 posted on 08/12/2008 6:50:12 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: claymax

I am a little over half way through Dr. Corsi’s book, OBAMA NATION..... and it is excellent. Corsi has researched this quite well and has documented everything. I am also impressed with his background (Ph.D in political science, expertise in race issues and violent tactics, terrorism, etc.). He knows what he’s talking about and connects the dots. I plan to get a few more copies and “loan” them to different people.


15 posted on 08/12/2008 7:02:50 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: SumProVita

BTT


16 posted on 08/12/2008 7:07:34 AM PDT by jwalsh07 (Obama (Marxist), Manchuria)
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To: Joiseydude

Bless you, Joiseydude, for posting this eye opener! I implore everyone to read Obama’s own words that are posted here (go to the highlighted links that are listed and page numbers)- and be prepared for the wave of nausea that will envelop you:

Transcript of Obama’s verbal opposition to Born Alive on the IL Senate floor (6), March 30, 2001, pages 84-90

Transcript of Obama’s verbal opposition to Born Alive on the IL Senate floor (10), April 4, 2002, pages 28-35

THAT OBAMA IS ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS PROOF THAT SATAN IS ALIVE AND WELL AMOUNG US! DO YOUR DUTY AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HIM!


17 posted on 08/12/2008 7:15:58 AM PDT by demkicker (In the minority or majority, I'll never stop 'kicking' dems)
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To: nikos1121

Hannity will bring it up. He’s pro-life.

O’Reilly never states a position, but I suspect he is also pro-life.

I am pretty sure Glenn Beck is pro-life. He would be another one likely to bring it up.


18 posted on 08/12/2008 7:45:57 AM PDT by freespirited (Honk if you miss Licorice.)
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To: TNCMAXQ

I know we’re not a pro-choice nation. According to a Quinnipiac University Poll, taken July 8-13, 2008, among 1,783 registered voters nationwide, only 19% said that abortion should always be legal. 24% said that abortion should usually be illegal.


19 posted on 08/12/2008 7:48:34 AM PDT by PhilCollins
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To: freespirited

O’Reilly will for sure give a limp wristed interview because he likes to talk big, but likes to suck up and come across like he’s fair and balanced.

Glenn Beck and Hannity would be more like Russert and prepared.

I’m finding O’Reilly surprisingly very shallow. e.g. Asking the oil companies to donate 2% of their profits to poverty stricken people? I mean that tells you a mouth full about the guy.


20 posted on 08/12/2008 7:50:09 AM PDT by nikos1121 (The first black president of the US should be at least a "Jackie Robinson.")
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