Sounds like Obama is screwing around with his support on abortion. Another possible flip flop?
Obama has not been perfectly clear on his support for the Supreme Court’s broadly defined “health exception” that permits third trimester abortions “in the light of all factors–physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age–relevant to the wellbeing of the patient.”
So, during a campaign conference call about health care yesterday, I asked Obama-Biden surrogate Gov. Kathleen Sebelius if Obama’s health care plan would mandate coverage for all legal abortions.
“I really don’t know the specifics of that,” she replied. An Obama-Biden spokesman told me via email that he’d find an answer to my question. But subsequent emails and phone calls in the past 24 hours from me to Obama-Biden spokesmen have gone unanswered.
Apparently the Obama-Biden campaign doesn’t think it needs to provide basic factual information about their candidate’s health care plan. Will any one in the mainstream media hold Obama accountable?
“Mr. Obama is clearly blinded by political ambition given his attack on me this week. All I asked of him was to do the right thing: support medical care and protection for babies who survive abortion – as I did 31 years ago. He voted against such protection and care four times even though the U.S. Senate voted 98-0 in favor of a bill identical to the one Obama opposed. In the words of his own false and misleading ad, his position is downright vile. Mr. Obama said at the recent Saddleback Forum that the question of when babies should get human rights was above his pay grade. Such vacillation and cowardice would have left me to die if his policies were in place when I was born. Thank God they were not.”
This is the original ad AND it is NOT a McCain ad.
Statement from Jill Stanek, Executive Director, BornAliveTruth.org (the creators of this ad):
“It is despicable, repulsive and beneath contempt that Barack Obama would attack Gianna Jessen. She is a courageous abortion survivor and living miracle who would not be with us today if Obama’s policies had been in place when she was born. Mr. Obama continues to mislead the American peopleon this issue, he voted four times against medical care and protection for babies who survive abortions in the Illinois State Senate, while the U.S. Senate was voting 98-0 to pass an identical bill. Mr. Obama needs to come forward and tell the American people that he understands people like Gianna Jessen, and that he will support and enforce Born Alive Infant protections — that these are living, breathing human beings who have come into our world and deserve protection in the law and should receive medical care at health care facilities. These babies have the same rights as the rest of us.”
This was the response from Camp Obama who should have actually seen the video to the end to see that it IS NOT John McCain’s ad.
Who’s afraid of Gianna Jessen?
Answer: Barack Obama.
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/19/whos-afraid-of-gianna-jessen-answer-barack-obama/
September 20, 2008 at 10:16 PM
On the topic of abortion, even many people who defend the possibility of legal abortions, they say they are not pro-abortion, but they don’t want to punish women who are in this difficult situation. In Germany a curious thing has happened. Something that reflects that legal abortion affects adversely to the country. And also that the change is possible: you can promote a culture of life with the support of the citizens, when really there is a real wish of avoid abortions. Since the liberalization of abortion in this country, the number of abortions is officially four million. For that reason, among others, children are seen as an unintended effect of having sex. Many people thought it was necessary to promote greater social acceptance of children in an aging society. And civil society acted, without waiting for action by the State to promote births. They joined several media organizations in a campaign. Interestingly, after the campaign, the birth rate has risen in Germany. The video is exciting. Look here: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=SztG8JpxvHY
Santiago Chiva (Granada, Spain)
September 21, 2008 at 4:15 AM
Thank you.