Here is the bad thing....(as if baby killing was not bad enough) he tried to say that he would vote for it but only on the federal level....but he did not.
Obama changes abortion story, again
Now admits state, federal Born Alive acts the same
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Posted: August 18, 2008
10:08 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama again has changed his story about his opposition as a state lawmaker to protecting infants who survive abortion procedures, this time saying he had "concerns" the Illinois plan could have affected abortion "rights."
WND reported last week when the National Right to Life Committee revealed documents that showed Obama advocated for abortions when even the National Abortion Rights Action League expressed a neutral position.
But now the New York Sun is reporting Obama appeared to misstate his position about abortion, and his campaign has acknowledged that the state and federal provisions were identical.
Obama, who advocates for abortion at just about any time and for any reason, has been facing criticism during this 2008 presidential campaign over his dedication to even the most horrific of abortion procedures. He was accused as a state lawmaker of supporting infanticide for his refusal to back a measure to protect infants who survive abortions.
He's argued, however, that the state and federal Born Alive Infants Protection acts were different. He would have supported the federal plan, he said, but had to oppose the state plan because the state law could have been used to undermine the abortion industry.
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But WND's earlier report showed that the two laws, were, in fact, almost identical, and Obama had voted to include in the state law the type of "neutrality" clause found in the federal law in the state law. Such clauses state that the definitions are not intended to impose restrictions on abortion. He, nevertheless, later voted against the law.
State committee hearing report showing Obama voted to amend state plan with neutrality clause, but then opposed the final project
A campaign spokesman, Hari Sevugan, said the senator and other lawmakers had concerns that even as worded, the legislation could have undermined existing Illinois abortion law, according to the Sun.
Douglas Johnson, the legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, which uncovered the documents verifying the similarities of the two laws, told the Sun it was a "manufactured" and "highly implausible" excuse.
"There is no way that the [state] bill would have had any effect on any method of abortion," he told the Sun.
He also challenged Obama to prove his statements, after the senator told the Christian Broadcasting Network people were "lying" about his support for what would amount to infanticide: that is the rejection of protections for infants who survive a procedure intended to result in their death.
Obama also tripped over the issue of abortion at the weekend's joint appearance with presumptive GOP candidate Sen. John McCain at a megachurch in California.
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