Huffington Post Author to NARAL: Why do you Support Obama?
By Rizzuto

Mon Jul 07, 2008 - First of all, Obama has a pretty poor record as far as the pro-life crowd is concerned. In true Lefty Massiah fashion, he voted "Present" on the Illinois State Senate's version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, which would require medical care to babies that survived the abortion procedure, rather than being allowed to simply expire on the operating table. It's a pretty radical position, as the act garnered a ton of mainstream support. He also notoriously told a crowd that he would not want his daughters "punished with a baby."

Today, Obama is going into "de-radicalization" mode. This from ABC:
[I]n a recent interview with Relevant magazine, ("Covering God, Life, and Progressive Culture") Obama seemed to be moving rightward on the issue -- rhetorically, at least -- saying:

"I have repeatedly said that I think it’s entirely appropriate for states to restrict or even prohibit late-term abortions as long as there is a strict, well-defined exception for the health of the mother. Now, I don’t think that 'mental distress' qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term. Otherwise, as long as there is such a medical exception in place, I think we can prohibit late-term abortions."
So Obama wants to limit access to late term abortion now, yet didn't have the fortitude to vote for something like the Born Alive Infant Protection Act? Obama's obvious and more and more disingenuous slide to the center continues. This led one Huffington Post author to ask NARAL why they are still supporting him. As supporters of unrestricted abortions on demand, their continued support does raise some questions. He writes:
Obama's position on the mental distress exception is the diametric opposite of NARAL's. As such, it also flies in the face of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe versus Wade ruling which held that states can ban late term abortions except when the pregnancy directly threatens a woman's physical and mental health. His position flies in the face of three decades of federal and state court rulings which have upheld mental distress as a legitimate reason for approving a late term abortion. Obama's reversal flies in the face of the Freedom of Choice Act that he himself has co-sponsored in Congress. The act unequivocally permits late term abortions when the physical and mental health of a woman is jeopardized.





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