Obama and ‘Infanticide’: The facts about Obama’s votes against ‘Born Alive’ bills in Illinois.
We find that, as the NRLC said in a recent statement, Obama voted in committee against the 2003 state bill that was nearly identical to the federal act he says he would have supported. Both contained identical clauses saying that nothing in the bills could be construed to affect legal rights of an unborn fetus, according to an undisputed summary written immediately after the committee’s 2003 mark-up session . . .
Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes attacked Barack Obama over this legislation during their 2004 race for the U.S. Senate, repeatedly accusing him of favoring “infanticide.” Because of this, Keyes said, “Christ would not vote for Barack Obama.” Nevertheless, 70 percent of Illinois voters did vote for Obama, but now the issue has bubbled up again . . .
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Matt Bowman: A rebuttal of Sherry Colb’s defense of Obama’s record on infanticide