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The National Right to Life Committee has launched an automated calling campaign against Illinois senator Barack Obama.

The calls target voters in Indiana who are headed to the state's presidential primary polls,
reports The Politico's Ben Smith, who links to a recording of the call.

As Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry notes in a couple of blog posts on the subject of robo-calling in Indiana, state legislators have tried to outlaw such calls, but it's questionable as to whether the law can encompass political messages.

Dakin notes that Indiana's State Attorney General Steve Carter has a history of strictly enforcing the law nevertheless. His efforts have met with mixed success. Threat Level made a call to the state AG's office to find out whether he would go after the NRLC, but the press office has primary day off.   

According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, about two thirds of American voters received robo-calls in the final weeks before the 2006 congressional elections.

A call to the NRLC wasn't returned.

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