Obama’s 2003 Stand on Abortion Draws New Criticism in 2008
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Abortion, a familiar issue in elections past, has again emerged in recent days as a focus of controversy. Senator Barack Obama is coming under intense fire from anti-abortion groups because of the position he took as an Illinois state senator on legislation regarding the status of fetuses that survive abortion procedures. –
The NY Times reports Both Mr. Obama and his critics agree that, as chairman of the Health
and Human Services Committee in the state legislature in 2003, he led
efforts to defeat a bill called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.
But they disagree about virtually every other aspect of the
legislation, from its meaning and purpose to the breadth of its
application.
A transcript of Obama arguing against Born Alive is here.