Posted on 01/23/2012 2:52:49 PM PST by NYer
(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama says the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the “fundamental constitutional right” to abortion and to “continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.”
The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court nationalized abortion law, prohibiting states from deciding on the matter. In his written statement, Obama acknowledged that abortion has been a divisive political issue.
Obama, while serving in the Illinois State Legislature and as president of the United States, has taken a hard line on abortion rights.
In his statement on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, Obama said it reflects the broader principles of America.
“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters,” Obama said. “I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right.
“While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue -- no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption,” Obama said.
“And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.”
As a state lawmaker in Illinois, he voted four times against legislation to protect the life of a baby that survived a botched abortion. He voted against such legislation at the state level in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
The 2003 bill was assigned to the Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired at the time. It mirrored a law passed by Congress, which said nothing in federal law should be construed to undermine the Roe v. Wade ruling.
As president, Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which would appropriate federal money toward insurance plans that pay for abortions.
On Friday, the Obama administration finalized regulations that order Americans – unless they work directly at a church – to purchase government-approved health insurance plans that cover sterilizations and contraceptives, including those that cause abortions.
Planned Parenthood also marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling by setting up a Web site "to show the world exactly what Roe has meant in the past and still means today."
The "Since Roe" Web site invites women to add their own comments about "how Roe v. Wade has made a difference in your life."
Ping!
“‘Our Daughters’ Have Same Chance As Sons to ‘Fulfill Their Dreams’”
Well except for the ones slaughtered in the womb.
....couldn’t be any more wrong.
...the mind just reels.....
Gee, when our sons get stupid and get an equally stupid girl pregnant they have no say one way or another about the child. If they want to take responsibility for the child as a “fulfillment of their dreams” they are told that it is not their decision and the child can be aborted. If they don’t want mess up the “fulfillment of their dreams” they are told that that it is not their decision and they will be responsible for supporting the child (and many times the mom) while having absolutely no guaranteed parental rights or care about their “dreams”. They are just the sperm donor. Maybe they could sue in court for the misuse of their genetic material.
Barack Obama is a moral reprobate, and beyond disgusting.
By that logic, begetters of children should be able to demand the abortion of those children lest said begetters be shackled by 18 years of paying child-support, thus limiting their ability to pursue their own dreams.
... I’m just not quite following the “sons being able to murder their unborn so as our daughters would have unfair disadvantage in society” angle.
Anyone have the pro life video that basically says if mom would have aborted fetus barry he would never have become Pesident.
I just heard a thousand lawyers phones ringing.
I suppose 0BigEars has a point,... if one of your unfulfilled dreams is to murder your own unborn children!
Oh, I just have to.
Pray tell Mr.Obama what about our sons who dream of
fathering children only to see them killed in the
womb with no recource or rights, what about THEM!
I’m unable to follow much of anything The Won says.
But, whatever he says, I know that what he means is “Death to the Great Satan”.
“Anyone have the pro life video that basically says if mom would have aborted fetus barry he would never have become Pesident.”
Hey. this is supposed to be an anti-abortion thread.-/sarc
I found the pro life video I was talking about. What if BO’s mother had an abortion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c&feature=player_embedded
Here is the dictionary definition of "fundamental":
fun·da·men·tal (f n d-m n tl) adj. 1. a. Of or relating to the foundation or base;
Is this Marxist monster actually saying that the foundation of our Constitution rests upon the "right" to murder millions upon millions of innocent unborn human children?
Obama is truly a psychopath.
What a maroon!
Women do not have to abandon their dreams if they “fall pregnant”. They may have to postpone them for a few weeks or months.
What about the adoption option?
The problem with that is there is no "fundamental constitutional right" to take the life of unborn humans.
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