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Originally Posted by overzealous, conservative blogger
It's that he supports partial birth abortion and actually opposed the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act.
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This is actually two misstatements. Barack Obama didn't
oppose the "Born-Alive Protection Act", he simply wanted certain language in it fixed, and that language had absolutely nothing to do with "partial-birth abortion". He was concerned about language in the legislation that would put doctors obeying existing laws in danger of breaking the new BAIPA.
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Originally Posted by overzealous, conservative blogger
This legislation was passed after Jill Stanek, an Illinois nurse, discovered live, aborted babies being placed in soiled utility rooms to await death following induced labor abortions.
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Ahh, Jill Stanek. What is generally known of this woman is the story of her discovering some sort of evil, liberal conspiracy to kill babies. What's not generally reported is that she's, for all intents and purposes, a wing-nut. Jill came into the public spotlight when she testified the above, but she is in no way a credible witness on the subject. She had a record of lying and exaggerating about abortion, and has done so repeatedly since giving testimony. She is the one that started the assertion that Barack Obama supports "infanticide". Quite simply, there's no reason at all to believe this woman. Stating as fact that she witnessed live babies being left to die is dishonest.
Media Matters - Media cite anti-abortion activist and Obama critic Jill Stanek as though she's credible
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Originally Posted by overzealous, conservative blogger
So disturbing is this practice that even Hillary Clinton supported the protection of infants born alive through failed abortion attempts.
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She supported an entirely different piece of legislation, actually, as Hillary Clinton would have no reason at all to be giving her opinion on Illinois state affairs.