As I read the transcript of the Regular Session of the Illinois State Senate of April 4, 2002, I noticed that during discussion of the so-called Born Alive Bill, supporters refer to the subject as a child, while Senator Obama refers to it as a fetus, even though the child is a separate entity outside the mother's body.
To the left, the term "fetus" is nothing more than an attempt to dehumanize the baby that is at the heart of this discussion.
Senator Obama has been doing a lot of back-pedaling lately in an effort to deny statements he made in that Illinois Senate session. He insists that pro-lifers are lying about him.
Let's help the Senator set the record straight once and for all, shall we?
First, Obama recently said he would have been willing to vote for the Illinois bill had it been the same as the federal bill which enjoyed such broad support. I have read both the federal and the Illinois bills, and they are virtually identical.
Secondly, Obama said he voted against the Illinois bill because it would have abridged rights granted under Roe v. Wade. Paragraph (c) of the Illinois bill states: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to affirm, deny, expand or contract any legal status or legal right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at any point prior to being born alive, as defined in this section."
Let's examine more of Obama's arguments, taken directly from the transcript of the Illinois Senate:
"As I understand it, this puts the burden on the attending physician who has determined, since they were performing this procedure, that, in fact, this is a nonviable fetus…" Obama is essentially saying that since the abortionist is terminating the pregnancy, the fetus has already been deemed nonviable. Viability is determined by whether or not a child can survive outside the mother's womb and is obviously not a consideration for the abortionist, since both the woman and her abortionist are determined that the child will not survive.
Obama continues, "…if the fetus…is now outside the mother's womb and the doctor continues to think that it's nonviable but there's, let's say, movement or some indication that, in fact, they're not just coming out limp and dead [How's that for sensitivity!], that, in fact, they would then have to call in a second physician to monitor and check off and make sure that this is not a live child that could be saved." Obama objects to calling in an honest-go-goodness doctor, one who is accustomed to treating live babies, rather than killing them, to assist the child who has survived the abortionist's butchery. And notice his choice of words. He objects to the need for a second doctor to "make sure that this is not a live child that could be saved". Obama isn't concerned with saving a child's life; he only wants to make damned sure the child is dead!
"…let's say for the purposes of the mother's health…that labor is being induced…" I think we can safely say that very few abortions are performed because of concern for the mother's health. Of the over 40 million abortions performed since Roe v. Wade legalized the killing of children in this country, the overwhelming majority of these children were killed for no other reason than that they were an inconvenience to their mother.
"I think it's important to understand that this issue ultimately is about abortion and not live births." It's called the Born Alive Bill, Senator, because it is about live births. Accidental live births. Babies who are born alive, despite the abortionists' best efforts to kill them.
Let's get to the bottom of this. Why does Obama so adamantly oppose making medical assistance available to babies who survive abortion? I think we can discover his real motives in this statement: "Look, I got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby, I don't want them punished with an STD at age 16…"
Obama considers a baby a punishment for moral failure, the equivalent of AIDS or syphilis.
Senator Obama, the pro-lifers are not the ones doing the lying and dissembling; you are.
© 2008 by Libbi Adams. All rights reserved.
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