In 2002 Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act. It would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions.
Obama was smart enough to see through the Bush hype and see this bill for what it was....yet another attempt to slide in an anti-abortion agenda. Note: Children who are born alive are automatically taken care of.
Note from Obama:
... I just want to suggest... that this is probably not going to survive constitutional scrutiny.
Number one, whenever we define a previable fetus as a person that is protected by the equal protection clause or the other elements in the Constitution, what we're really saying is, in fact, that they are persons that are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a - child, a nine-month-old - child that was delivered to term. That determination then, essentially, if it was accepted by a court, would forbid abortions to take place.
I mean, it - it would essentially bar abortions, because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an antiabortion statute. For that purpose, I think it would probably be found unconstitutional. [Barack Obama - IL Senate floor on March 30, 2001]
Strike 1
Protection of privacy of sex-abuse victims. Obama was the only member not to support the bill
http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/01/22/obamas_strong_record_on_protec.php
Please note links provided in above document to ammendments.
Strike 2
Care to go for 3? As for sources for my OP, it's a matter of public record. Try google.
You are correct. There are a lot of people who don't know who Obama really is.
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