Did the Republicans do anything about abortion? One of the challenges in a Presidential campaign is cutting through the spin. First, you have to detect it. You look for wordspeak that is repeated from different people, especially if they say the exact same thing. Second, you analyze why they think it's so important to say the same stuff. Third, and most important of all, get to the truth.
In writing about Barack Obama's radical abortion beliefs which includes infanticide I began to detect a recurring wordspeak. I noticed that folks were saying the President doesn't have anything to do with abortion and that the Republicans really didn't do anything about abortion anyway. The why is easily discerned. Obama loses out with abortion big time, so the spin is an attempt to portray that Obama's radical pro-abortion position doesn't matter.
But have the Republicans done anything about abortion? The answer is a resounding YES!
First, let's remember that we are in the shadow of 9/11, and in a war against terrorism. The aftermath of the attacks on our country not only sent us into war, but our economy took a downturn. There was a lot on the President's plate.
It's important to have realistic expectations. Because abortion is so entrenched in our culture, we must view progress one step at a time. Also, we must ask ourselves, "What would a Democratic administration do?"
But lets look at some of the Republican accomplishments during the past eight years in a time of war:
1) One of the first things Bush accomplished was to reinstate the ban regarding funding abortions through international organizations. These are family planning organizations that promote abortion as an alternative. By removing funding, it took the U.S. government out of the international abortion business, which affected millions of abortions annually.
Why did Bush have to reinstate this ban? Because Bill Clinton removed it and for eight years the US funded abortions internationally. I wonder - how many babies died because of that one act?
One of Obama's first actions if elected President would be to remove this ban. By one stroke of the pen millions of unborn babies would lose their lives annually.
2) On August 5th 2002, President Bush signed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. This is legislation that protects a baby surviving an abortion under federal law with a right to life. Before this law babies surviving an abortion were left to die.
While a state senator of Illinois, Barack Obama voted against this bill and thus preferred to protect infanticide instead of the surviving baby.
3) On November 5th 2003, President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act into law. This ended the barbaric practice of inserting a tool into the head of a partially born baby and sucking his/her brains out.
The Partial birth abortion ban not only saved 5,000 lives per year, but it signaled the beginning of the end of Roe. This is actually the first successful challenge upheld by the Supreme Court to abortion on demand, and I see the next step as to limiting abortion to the first term of pregnancy.
It is interesting to note that the Republican House and Senate actually approved the bill three times during the Clinton administration, only to be vetoed by President Clinton each time.
What about Barack Obama? He opposed this bill.
4) Bush's Supreme Court appointees in Roberts and Alito are of the highest caliber and solidly pro-life. This in itself is a significant achievement, with Roberts as the head of the Court. This accomplishment is worth it's weight in gold alone, affecting the court for decades.
It must be noted that after the Partial Birth Abortion Ban was signed into law, it was challenged all the way to the Supreme Court. The Bill was upheld by a vote of 5-4, making Roberts and Alito essential to it's success.
Barack Obama made it explicitly clear that he would not have nominated Roberts, Alito, and Scalia for that matter. During the Saddleback debate he even had the audacity to criticize Clarence Thomas for his lack of experience. Hmmm, Obama criticizing Thomas for lack of experience. Now that's something to think about!
Reagan appointed Scalia and Kennedy, and Bush1 appointed Thomas. Oh, by the way, who did Bill Clinton appoint? Darth Vader. Sorry, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
5) On April 1st 2004, after a one vote victory in the Senate, President Bush signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which recognizes a criminal act against an unborn baby. We all remember Laci Peterson and her unborn son Conner - there were two murders here, not just one.
It is interesting to note that during the 2004 presidential race, John Kerry interrupted his Presidential campaign to go Washington to vote against this bill. It is interesting to note that he was not for this bill before he voted against it.
The significance of this bill is that it recognizes the unborn as a person.
6) Even now, the Bush administration is working to redefine abortion as to include contraceptives that cause an abortion. This will directly impact the use of government funds in providing for abortion inducing contraceptives.
7) It is also important to note that the Republicans also have protected the unborn from pro-choice legislation.
Which brings me to Obama. In 2007, Obama told the Planned Parenthood Action Fund that the Freedom of Choice Act would be the first piece of legislation that he would sign as president. The act would not only codify Roe v. Wade, but wipe out all current federal, state and local restrictions that pass muster under Roe, including the Hyde Amendment prohibiting federal funding of abortion.
Obama has declared a War of Terror on the unborn. Simply put, if the House and Senate remains Democratic, we need a Republican president to protect the unborn from Obama.
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