Abortion Rights Group Endorses Obama
NARAL Pro-Choice America Had Supported Rival Clinton Throughout Her Political Career
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The organization announced the endorsement of its political action committee on Wednesday.
“Pro-choice Americans have been fortunate to have two strong pro-choice candidates in Senator Obama and Senator Clinton, both of whom have inspired millions of new voters to participate in this historic presidential race,” NARAL president Nancy Keenan said in a statement. “Today, we are proud to put our organization's grass-roots and political support behind the pro-choice candidate whom we believe will secure the Democratic nomination and advance to the general election. That candidate is Senator Obama.”
Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said he was surprised by the group's decision to back Obama.
“Senator Clinton's leadership and advocacy on choice issues is second to none,” Wolfson said.
Officials said NARAL's political committee board was about evenly divided among Clinton and Obama supporters and that the decision to endorse was hard fought. Ultimately, the board voted unanimously to support the Illinois senator.
NARAL officials said the decision wasn't intended to be a snub of Clinton, who is running to be the first female president.
They said the board decided to back Obama over Clinton because he is overwhelmingly favored to win the nomination and to heal what the organization viewed as a growing rift between black voters and white female activists that the protracted Clinton-Obama contest may have caused.
The organization endorsed Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in 2004 when he was well on the way to securing the party's presidential nomination.
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See all 74 CommentsLiberals - you just gotta laugh at em sometimes
Good for PRO-CHOICE, I am glad the are backing Obama. The Pro-Life idiots will have to endorse McCain and he going to loose the election in a LAND SLIDE DEMOCRATIC VOTE just like Regan and Carter back in the early 80s. All the Republicans can thank the Looser George W. Bushie and his Administration for jacking up the Republican party so bad. Bushie the Douschbag ****.
Democrats used to promote education as a virtue to the point even of wanting to overspend government dollars on it at every opportunity. But now a large part of the party obstinately insists that the educated are those that should be sneered at and ignored. In short, they have embraced the anti-intellectualism long present on the far right. And none of Hillary%u2019s supporters seem to mind.
And by the way, how do you explain Senator Obama''s double-digit victories in overwhelmingly white states like Iowa (8 points over Clinton), Alaska (51 points), Colorado (34 points), Delaware (11 points), Idaho (62 points), Kansas (48 points), Minnesota (34 points), North Dakota (25 points) and Utah (18 points)?
Liberals - you just gotta laugh at em sometimes
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Posted by dogsoul at 04:26 PM : May 14, 2008
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PLEASE keep this up!! It makes our jobs so much easier. YOU watch as the Republican Party slowly sinks in the sunset and wonder why?? HERE''S your answer folks! This FASCIST doesn''t think ANYONE other than the Religious Reich should be endorsing anyone I guess. Pathetic slime, these Nazi''s!! Sieg Heil Rush!!
Posted by RandyNason
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"Insight" is a relative term. As is "intellectualism".
As an intellectual, under what conditions would you tolerate the extreme action of terminating a fetus? Or, perhaps, under which conditions would you not?
America is undergoing change. Denial of change or to argue against change on the grounds that it somehow implies a contradiction of American values is stubborn imprudence. A philosophical change realized through this candidate may be worth a gamble to win back our hopes and dreams.
If voters have to conclude that change in politics is just an illusion, a pathetic theme echoed election after election then what is the point of our democratic way of life. President selection is not a backroom bequest to a narrow circle of an elite few dynasties.
Obama is our modern day political icon stepping up to carry the blazing torch of political transformation whatever it means to the mountain top of American politics for all to see. Ironically this achievement alone shows encouraging change is possible in our noble nation.
Barack Obama could be assimilated into the lobby riddled political mire like being in the midst of a Borg incursion or Obama may just break the mode enough to bring a spark of optimism into the enigmatic Washington DC mushroom factory.
Its up to Obama to take the party nomination and demonstrate in unfeigned deeds not vain words on how remarkable or flawed America can be if one is given the ultimate opportunity to serve all the citizens.
In Iowa in October of 2007, Obama, speaking on abortion, told an audience that it is a privacy concern and the woman should be able to choose.
However, in cases of sexual assault, his Illinois Senate Bill (# 0943) ignores the privacy and choice concerns of the victim.
This bill states that in a sexual assault case, a hospital is required to conduct appropriate medical examinations and laboratory tests, whether the victim wants them or not. This bill replaces the previous version where the woman had to consent to the examinations.
Similarly, this bill requires the hospital to share all of this information with law enforcement authorities, whether the victim wants them to or not. Again, this clause replaces the %u2018with the victim%u2019s consent%u2019 clause of the previous version.
If, like me, you don''t believe in abortion, you should never have one. But don''t force your choice and your morality on others.
In San Fransico, he was caught pandering to his base in his ''bitter'' speech. That''s pretty typical
His voting record is old-school liberal, and he''s already broken a promise. He said he was going to accept public financing for the general election, but now says they have created a ''parallel public financing system.'' So, now it seems he is not going to accept public financing. That is pretty convenient considering ''parallel'' system generates a lot more money.
That leaves us with a politician who is breaking a promise because there is money in it. Isn''t that what a typical politician would do?
And Obama isn''t a breath of fresh air. He is a breath of polluted septic air.
Posted By Edward1975.
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If you are Pro-Life then Jesus Christ is your Man.
It doesn''t get any simpler then that.
God Bless
"If you are Pro-Life then
It doesnt get any simpler then that.
Posted by soldat44"
No pal, if you are anti life then vote against the right to birth control and abortion so we continue flooding this planet with MORE unwanted babies and mouths to feed in a FINITE environment that is already going down the tubes from the overpopulation.
EVERY new mouth this planet has to fee is anoter nail in the coffin, save the planet DONT have kids!
Posted by stinkingprick (TruthWord08, Providence_D and a thousand other alias'')
Why not prick? you right wingers never hesitate to force *YOUR* beliefs and morality as well as LAWS on all the rest of US, in fact your chirstian history is chock full of MURDERING people on the gallows, burnt at the stake or otherwise disposed of if they DARED go against the CHURCH''s corrupt false teachings.
But the CHURCH has lost power, you cant KILL anyone these days for blasphemy or heresy like before, you cant KILL suspected "witches" and steal their property and one church I read about is begging for patrons they are offering free GAS to get people in- the last gasps of a dying, stuffy, backasswords institution with a murderous past.
Must Watch !
A Black Harlem Minister Threatning White Americans if Obama gets elected !!!
He Supports "LIVE BIRTH ABORTIONS !"
Barack Obama is on record as orchestrating the defeat of Illinois%u2019 Born Alive
Infants Protection Act. (Jill Stanek has documented this extensively.) While it
is obvious that everyone in the pro-life community finds this sufficiently
repulsive to vote for whoever (or whatever) is running against Obama, no
self-respecting pro-choice person is going to stand with Obama on this either.
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY, one of the most liberal members of Congress) said of the
Federal version of this legislation, %u201CThere is no such thing as a right to a
live birth abortion.%u201D
Must Watch !
A Black Harlem Minister Threatning White Americans if Obama gets elected !!!
EVERY new mouth this planet has to fee is anoter nail in the coffin, save the planet DONT have kids!
Posted by newster1 at 09:27 PM : May 14, 2008
Then why are you still here? Or better yet...why is everybody else here except for you? That is your version of a perfect world, isn''t it. The fewer the better, especially if the ''fewer'' is just you.
Peace be with you my brother.
"If you are Pro-Life then
It doesnt get any simpler then that.
Posted by soldat44"
No pal, if you are anti life then vote against the right to birth control and abortion so we continue flooding this planet with MORE unwanted babies and mouths to feed in a FINITE environment that is already going down the tubes from the overpopulation.
EVERY new mouth this planet has to fee is anoter nail in the coffin, save the planet DONT have kids!
Posted by newster1 at 09:27 PM : May 14, 2008
Next time Quote the Entire message!
If you are Pro-Choice-Anti-Life then Obama is your man.
If you are Pro-Life then Jesus Christ is your Man.
It doesn''''t get any simpler then that.
God Bless
Yessiree, folks! Line up behind this black fella here and get yer abortions while they''re hot. 25% off if you make a campaign contribution!
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Posted by newster1 at 09:32 PM
Religions have lost the power they once held, and we can''t be happier. Supposedly this group cares about the unborn, but they are the last to advocate medical care for all after they''re born. Religion''s constant threat of hell certainly doesn''t sound pro-life either.
Last month the National Center for Health Statistics reported there were almost 6.4 million pregnancies in 2004, down 6 percent from 1990. Forty-five percent were to women who were not married, and there were 1.22 million abortions and 1.06 million stillbirths and miscarriages.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1233107520080513
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Posted by singingrick at 06:43 PM : May 14, 2008
-My mom said something years ago that has stuck with me. She doesn''t think it''s the government''s right or responsibility to mandate whether abortion is moral or amoral. This, I agree with. Furthermore, she said that a bunch of suits (men) in Washington calling the shots regarding a woman and her private healthcare decisions is wrong. I agree there too. You will see my personal views on abortion, but they differ.
However, there have been a few instances where I support a right to choose. A 10-year old victim of rape being forced to bear a child. A mom with 6 or 8 fetuses being asked medically to selectively reduce in order to save her life and those of the healthier fetuses.
I never personally thought about abortion myself, except that I felt it was fundamentally wrong, but it is not my right to force my beliefs on others. It is not my right to judge.
More coming....
I really first thought about the matter of abortion when I was pregnant with my son who is 6 months old. Yes, I am married and he was planned and wanted.
However, as any responsible mom would do, I researched all kinds of possible issues that could come up during the pregnancy. While I didn''t allow myself to worry about them, I wanted to be aware.
There are a few disorders/diseases that if known, personally, I feel it is better to consider terminating a pregnancy. One of these I believe is Tay-Sachs disease, if I''m correct. This disease is nearly 100% fatal within a few days of birth. The baby struggles to breathe until he can breathe no more. This is one instance, that I feel, if known, personally I believe for myself that it is more humane to put the child at rest before putting him through the stress of childbirth just to struggle and die. Just personally, in an instance like this, I might consider abortion, but fortunately we were not faced with that issue.
I do not condemn mothers and families in this type of situation who choose to see the pregnancy through in any way. I just think it should be a personal matter between a mother and her beliefs. Just not mandated by Washington.
So, in sum, though I fundamentally disagree with abortion in the way it seems to be utilized most, I believe that Washington should not dictate the morality of a personal health choice for anyone.
I believe it should be a personal matter between a woman, father, family and God, (or whatever religious figure their beliefs follow, if any). It is up to God''s judgement, not Washington''s.
Therefore, I support a pro-choice government. Not pro-abortion, just pro-choice. Let the Maker be the judge, not Congress, or the President.
Therefore, I support a pro-choice government. Not pro-abortion, just pro-choice. Let the Maker be the judge, not Congress, or the President.
Therefore, I support a pro-choice government. Not pro-abortion, just pro-choice. Let the Maker be the judge, not Congress, or the President.
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Posted by maxify55 at 06:10 AM : May 15, 2008
-Ok, another comment. I agree. I am so disgusted by women who bother to bring a child to term, deliver, and throw the living, breathing baby into a dumpster or trash bag, that I could pull my hair out. I think an act like this IMHO is much worse than abortion. There are safe havens everywhere. There is adoption. And yes, currently abortion is legal, so why give birth, allow the baby to breathe and become a member of society just to ''throw it away?'' People who do this should get the death penalty.
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