"A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law"



Unfortunately, Obama disagrees and in fact killed this amendment when it was up for the Illinois Constitution (which later passed after Obama began campaigning) was the ONLY senator who opposed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act for the US Constitution, and actively supports the brutal treatment of partially born infants, even though the Supreme Court has declared that Partial Birth Abortions are inhumane. In his highly moving speech addressing the National Convention in 2004, Obama professed hope for the future of Americans… "hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!" So why is it that Obama does not extend that same hope to unwanted newborns?


For more information...
Obama Facing Attacks From All Sides Over Abortion Record - August 18, 2008 - The New York Sun

I'd say that it is Palin, not Obama, who has the audacity of hope...


“When I learned that my son Trig would have special needs, to be honest with you, I had to pray that my heart would be prepared for the challenges to come. It was a shock, I wasn't ready for this. I had to ask for that strength. And at first I was very scared, and Todd and I we did have to ask for that strength and understanding. But let me tell you a few things that I’ve learned already,” said Palin.

“Yes, every innocent life does matters. And everyone belongs in the circle of protection. And every child has something to contribute to our world if we give them that chance,” she said. “Now, there are the world’s standards of perfection, and then there are God’s standards, and these are the final measure. Every child is beautiful before God, and dear to Him for their own sake.

“And as for our beautiful baby boy, for Todd and for me, he is only more precious because he is vulnerable,” said Palin. “And in some ways, you know I think we stand to learn more from him than he does from us. So, when we hold Trig and when we care for him, we don’t feel scared anymore, we feel blessed.

“It’s hard to think of many issues that could possibly be more important than who is protected in law and who isn’t, who is granted life and who is denied it. So, when our opponent speaks about questions of life, I listen very carefully,” she said.

After discussing Obama's position on partial-birth abortion, and citing his remark that a woman should not be "punished" with a baby, she moved back to his opposition to the Illinois born-alive legislation.

“Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat, had described partial-birth abortion as ‘too close to infanticide.’ Senator Obama thinks it’s a constitutional right, but he is wrong,” said Palin.

“Most troubling even is as a state senator, Barack Obama wouldn’t even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion. These infants, these infants, often babies with special needs, they're simply left to die,” said Palin.

“In 2002, Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care--imagine that, requiring a law to require medical care for those babies who survive an abortion. They’re living, breathing babies, but Senator Obama describes them as ‘pre-viable.’ Now, this merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, and Illinois had a version of the same law. And Obama voted against it,” said Palin.

“Asked about his vote, he assured a reporter that he’d have voted yes on that bill if it had contained language similar to the federal version of the Born Alive Act. There’s just one little problem with that story though: the language of both the state and federal bills was identical,” said Palin.

“So, in short, Senator Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life. He's sided with those who won’t protect a child born alive. And this exposes the emptiness of his promise to move beyond the old politics,” said Palin.

“So, ladies and gentlemen in both parties, Americans have many concerns to be weighed in the votes they cast on November fourth. In times like these, with wars and financial crisis, I know that it may be easy to forget even as deep and abiding a concern as the right to life. And it seems that our opponent kind of hopes that you will forget that. Like so much else in his agenda, he hopes that you won’t notice how radical--how absolutely radical--his ideas on this and record is until it’s too late,” said Palin.

CNSNews.com - Palin Attacks Obama?s ?Appalling? Refusal to Defend Babies Who Survive Abortion

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