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Originally Posted by Kat-L
SB1661eng 92nd General Assembly
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.
Both the Illinois and the federal bill sought equal treatment for babies who survived premature inducement for the purpose of abortion and were then not given life saving medical care and wanted babies who were born just as early (prematurely) and were given live-saving medical attention.
When two babies are born at say, 24 weeks, a doctor should be required to provide the same medical care for both-regardless of the circumstances of the child's delivery. A baby born alive is a human being with the same right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that the rest of us enjoy. It's not an abortion issue. We're talking about babies born ALIVE. And if one baby's life is worth fighting for when he was born at 22 weeks, why should the next baby born at 22 weeks be denied medical care?
Anyway, Obama voted against the Illinois act. In this country a woman has a RIGHT to an abortion. She does not have a RIGHT to make sure her baby dies when he/she is born alive. Once the baby is born alive, he/she has the same right to life as any other baby born.
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I think Obama has said that the reason he voted against this bill was that he viewed it as a "back door" attack on abortion rights, which he firmly supports. I think his main concern was not eroding abortion rights. I wonder how often children are born alive as the result of a botched abortion? Pro-choice politicians routinely find themselves in this quandary as pro-life advocates use issues like this to show how “out of touch” and “left wing” the pro-choicers are. On its face, it’s pretty horrible to say Obama supports letting babies die, but I don’t think this accurately reflect his views.
Obama is pro-choice. If you don’t agree with that, and that is an important issue to you, you probably will not be voting for him.