Guest Blog: Paula Westwood, Executive Director
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati
First to clarify the statement many grasped during the election to justify voting for this man: “Barack Obama is pro-choice, not pro-abortion.”
Those on both side of the abortion issue are “pro-choice.” The difference is what is being chosen-accepting chemical or surgical killing of an unborn child for any reason for anyone, or not. Thus the accurate distinction is pro-life or pro-abortion.
During the presidential campaign, Senator Obama publicly stated, “I’ve got two daughters. Nine years old and six years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
President Obama is pro-abortion.
A legislative analysis from a Washington insider predicts that under Obama we will see extreme pro-abortion bills, such as the Freedom of Choice Act (or Unrestricted Abortion Act) and its “evil twin” the Prevention First Act (or Abortion Industry Support Act); smear attacks on pro-life pregnancy help centers, and more.
Obama’s legislation initiatives will increase the numbers of abortions nationally and internationally.
Through President Obama’s Executive Orders such as that overturning the Mexico City Policy, enacted January 23rd, we U.S. taxpayers will now fund abortions overseas, at an increase from $88 million to $545 million.
In recent budget pork piling, Obama also overturned the Kemp-Kasten Amendment restrictions against funding the United Nations Population Fund, which includes among its programs support for China and its one-child policy, forced sterilizations and forced abortions. The UNFPA will now receive $50 million.
But perhaps President Obama’s pro-abortion mindset is most evident in his political appointments. Many are radical pro-abortion activists who have worked to further a relentless pro-abortion agenda; prime example Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Barack Obama’s deliberate and determined pro-abortion record is not new. For a related historical timeline see the Moral Accountability web site.
