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More on Obama's Infanticide Problem

I mentioned the dilemma Obama faced in the Illinois Senate regarding the Born Alive Act here.

Here's another article describing how existing laws at the time were inadequate, and why the bill was necessary.

And here's a good passage:

Some of Senator Obama's supporters are now making one last, rather desperate-sounding attempt to defend his votes against protecting infants born alive after unsuccessful abortions.

Their argument goes this way: Permitting children who survive attempted abortions to be abandoned is so heinous, so barbaric, that for someone to accuse Senator Obama, a decent man who is himself the father of two daughters, of supporting what amounts to legalized infanticide is too outrageous to merit an answer.

There is a problem, though. In light of the documentary evidence that is now before the public, it is clear that the accusation against Senator Obama, however shocking, has the very considerable merit of being true.

Part of the problem is that Obama the candidate seems a lot less radical than Obama the State Senator. Even if the explanations being set forth don't make a lot of sense, it can't really be the case that Obama voted against protecting babies from infanticide, right?

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on October 17, 2008 (boomark / email).