If Barrack Obama is elected America's next president tomorrow and keeps his promise to Planned Parenthood next year to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as his first point of business, I would like some of the evangelicals who voted for him to explain why this is okay.
A blog post will do. Just outline why it's all right for him to do this. It won't be a surprise. It's not just some minor part of the Obama package. He publicly promised it as his first order of business and is campaigning as a staunch protector of abortion rights. He's not just pro-choice, he's the most radical proponent of abortion rights ever to run for presidential office.
When he, with one stroke of a pen, wipes away all of these gains:*. . . remind me how he's actually, in some weird feat of magic, reducing abortions and being "pro-life."
The Hyde Amendment, which restricts federal funding for abortions;
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The federal law banning partial birth abortions, which was finally upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2007;
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The “Mexico City Policy,” which has barred the use of federal taxpayers’ money to pay for abortions in other countries;
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Laws in 44 states that preserve a parental role when children under 18 seek abortions;
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Laws in 40 states that restrict late-term abortions;
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Laws in 46 states that protect the right of conscience for individual health care providers;
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Laws in 27 states that protect the right of conscience for institutions;
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Laws in 38 states that ban partial birth abortions;
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Laws in 33 states that require counseling before having an abortion;
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And laws in 16 states that provide for ultrasounds before an abortion.
Explain, when this happens, Christians who claim to believe life begins at conception, why this is okay.
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Monday, November 3, 2008
What is At Stake
I agree with Jared at The Thinklings:
Labels:
Abortion,
Barack Obama,
Elections,
Pro-Life
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