Obama Distorts His Record on Abortion

During the latest debate, Barack Obama again muddied the waters about his record on abortion. Douglas Johnson from National Right to Life noted in his analysis:

In the debate, Obama said that the state BAIPA "would have helped to undermine Roe v. Wade." To evaluate this claim, one must examine the actual language of the BAIPAs. The original 2001 bill was only three sentences long; the third sentence was as follows: "(c) A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law." As recently as August 19, 2008, the Obama campaign issued a memo in which it singled out that sentence as "Language Clearly Threatening Roe." This claim is consistent with Obama's 2001 argument that a "previable fetus" should not be regarded as a person, even when born alive.

Read the entire analysis from National Right to Life's Legislative Director Douglas Johnson.