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As a Senator he opposed bills preventing partial-birth abortion and opposed legislation protecting born-alive failed abortions.
Fr. Reese's flawed arguments for Pres. Obama at Notre Dame 2009
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Is torturing non-Americans only a crime, or could it be considered torture to leave an aborted born-alive baby to die in a trash can for 2 hours torture?
BREAKING: Obama Picks Sotomayor - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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“The long history of the Illinois born-alive bill is, well, long.”
Education: Culture and Celebrity Wayne, Teddy 2009
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Under Federal law, a "born-alive infant" will be a US citizen at birth, and is eligible to get a ham radio license.
Barack Obama has not flip-flopped or betrayed his lefty fans. You need to understand: He's a "visionary minimalist." Ann Althouse 2008
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Use every available means to keep any born-alive child living and healthy.
'Born Alive' Baloney 2008
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SummaryAnti-abortion activists accuse Obama of "supporting infanticide," and the National Right to Life Committee says he's conducted a "four-year effort to cover up his full role in killing legislation to protect born-alive survivors of abortions."
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As originally proposed, the 2003 state bill, SB 1082, sought to define the term "born-alive infant" as any infant, even one born as the result of an unsuccessful abortion, that shows vital signs separate from its mother.
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The catch, of course, was the inclusion of a REDUNDANT clause to protect born-alive infants.
Religious Group Puts Up Radio Ads for Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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But his stated reasons for opposing "born-alive" bills have to do with preserving abortion rights, a position he is known to support and has never hidden.
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The House committee that passed Canady's bill 22 to 1 heard heart-rending testimony about born-alive babies being discarded alive into soiled hospital linen or left on a baby scale, unattended, without warmth or nourishment, their hearts beating and limbs moving, until they died.
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