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Barack Obama's "Freedom of Choice Act" Would Mean 125K More Abortions
LifeNews.com ^ | September 24, 2008 | Matt Bowman

Posted on 09/24/2008 8:31:29 AM PDT by julieee

This article concerns the so-called Freedom of Choice Act that presidential candidate Barack Obama said he would make signing his first action as president:

With so much attention on the economy, one area of federal legislation that can be overlooked is abortion. An old and dangerous bill that will increase abortions by an enormous amount is being resurrected by abortion advocates: the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). H.R. 1964 and S.1173.

FOCA is usually reported as codifying Roe v. Wade, but it is much more. Since the Webster and Casey decisions in 1989 and 1992, the Supreme Court has allowed states to limit abortion somewhat by such things as requiring parental involvement and informed consent, prohibiting government funding of most abortion, and more recently outlawing most partial birth abortions.

But FOCA tolerates none of this. Advocates and opponents of FOCA all agree that the bill would nullify every legal limit on abortion, state, federal or otherwise.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; act; barackobama; obamabiden

1 posted on 09/24/2008 8:31:37 AM PDT by julieee
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To: julieee

It isn’t often that you get an election where Good versus Evil is so starkly juxtaposed.

This time you Yanks have such an election. Choose wisely.

God Bless America.


2 posted on 09/24/2008 8:34:17 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: julieee

Does anyone know if Obama’s wife has ever had an abortion? Or did he ever encourage one of his girlfriends to have an abortion? I am curious what exactly he’s trying to defend.


3 posted on 09/24/2008 8:36:14 AM PDT by veritas2002
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To: julieee

Ironically it is BLACKS that have more abortions than other races by percentage. Hmmm what does that tell you about black elites?


4 posted on 09/24/2008 8:36:20 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: julieee

125K aborted babies, isn’t that genocide?


5 posted on 09/24/2008 8:36:51 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (An inadequately policed Conservative)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers.....


6 posted on 09/24/2008 8:46:37 AM PDT by bpjam (If an enemy chooses you as his executioner, don't be rude by refusing.)
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To: nmh
Ironically it is BLACKS that have more abortions than other races by percentage.

There is a lot of irony surrounding this terrible policy:

1 - The highest rates of abortions are within demographic groups that are overwhelmingly democrat.

2 - Democrats fight to promote abortions that disporoportionately kill more babies who would likely grow up to be democrats than those that would become republican.

3 - Republicans want to eliminate abortions. If they were successful the majority of babies they save would grow up to vote against them.

7 posted on 09/24/2008 8:51:44 AM PDT by Iron Munro (US Marines: First to fight our country's battles in the air, on land, on sea and in orbit!)
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