Posted on 12/30/2008 1:08:30 PM PST by SErtelt
Roland Burris has been named by embattled pro-abortion Gov. Rod Blagojevich to serve the remainder of Barack Obama's term in the Senate. However, pro-life advocates are not happy with appointment in part because Burris watered down an anti-infanticide law that was contentious in the presidential campaign.
During the presidential debate, Obama came under fire for repeatedly voted against an Illinois version of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act while he was a state legislator.
The bill was necessary because Roland Burris watered the original law down a decade before.
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