NEW YORK, May 14, 2008

Abortion Rights Group Endorses Obama

NARAL Pro-Choice America Had Supported Rival Clinton Throughout Her Political Career

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(AP)  Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading abortion rights advocacy organization that has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political career.

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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by mudrose-2009 May 14, 2008 7:15 PM EDT
I''M TRULY SHOCKED! REALLY! CONSIDERING HOW HE''S ALL FOR UNFETTED, PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION, WHY WOULDN''T THEY ENDORSE HIM. YOU MAKE WE KILL HIM AND HE''LL MAKE SURE THE MONEY KEEPS ON COMING.
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by dogsoul May 14, 2008 7:26 PM EDT
Hmmm - so Obama''s endorsed by racist conspiracy theorists & now baby killers...

Liberals - you just gotta laugh at em sometimes
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by acolton1 May 14, 2008 7:38 PM EDT
NARAL Pro-Choice America

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 ****.
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by acolton1 May 14, 2008 7:41 PM EDT
Yeah for PRO CHOICE !
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by acolton1 May 14, 2008 7:50 PM EDT
Good for Pro Choice. !!!
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by sms671 May 14, 2008 7:51 PM EDT
The question for Democrats and others concerned with the Democratic Party primary is then this %u2014 do you really want to let the worst-educated, least-knowledgeable and most bigotry-prone components of the voting pool (including those who stubbornly insist that Obama is a Muslim) control the direction of the party to the point of overriding the outcome in pledged delegates? Do you really want to give Hillary Clinton a pass in regards to her ignorantly racist supporters that you would never give to Obama in regards to Rev. Wright? And do you really want to say, as Hillary media proxy Paul Begala did, that a coalition that includes well-educated %u201Ceggheads%u201D is somehow a bad thing?

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)?
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by acolton1 May 14, 2008 7:52 PM EDT
MUDROSE, MUDROSE, MUDROSE you are such and IDIOT. GOD i WISH you had a few working brain cells and maybe you would get a date some day. Lonely MUDROSE chicks will not date him because he is such a non-informed looser.
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by acolton1 May 14, 2008 7:54 PM EDT
MUDROSE, MUDROSE, MUDROSE, The dateless non informed Boy who is 3 brain cells from being a very un-informed ****.
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by parrot123-2009 May 14, 2008 7:56 PM EDT
Is this the same group that''s been and still getting financial support from Mrs. McCain ?? Anyone know ? Still don''t get why she''s refusing to disclose her Returns. Cheers!
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by acolton1 May 14, 2008 8:04 PM EDT
MUDROSE, MUDROSE, MUDROSE, WHATEVER !
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by mcvet May 14, 2008 8:13 PM EDT
Hmmm - so Obama''''s endorsed by racist conspiracy theorists & now baby killers...

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!!
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by randynason May 14, 2008 8:25 PM EDT
My choice is pro-choice and pro-intellectualism. I don''t want someone with less insight than I telling me how to live or what to think.
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by hypnotoad72 May 14, 2008 8:26 PM EDT
If we lived in a more ideal world where the post-born mattered, would anyone really BE "pro-choice"/"anti-abortion"/whatever?

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by edward1975-2009 May 14, 2008 8:27 PM EDT
With this being such a hot topic, I''m truly surprised that Obama would seek this endorsement one way or another. It surely puts him square in the sights of those who oppose this. And could hurt him down the road.
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by hypnotoad72 May 14, 2008 8:28 PM EDT
My choice is pro-choice and pro-intellectualism. I don''''t want someone with less insight than I telling me how to live or what to think.

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?

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by riptide213 May 14, 2008 8:31 PM EDT
The Obama factor brings a capacity to challenge our political stagnation and harness upbeat energy of new prospects embodied by the American dream, before it becomes the easy to envision American nightmare.

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.


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by shortestfuse May 14, 2008 8:37 PM EDT
Obama not only voted against the ban on partial birth abortions. He even refused to support a measure that would protect the lives of babies that are accidentally born live during an abortion procedure. After all, nobody should have to live with the consequences of their mistakes - especially him!
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by wbrukie May 14, 2008 9:21 PM EDT
obama for privacy rights (ie, abortion)?
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.
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by fibonacci_ May 14, 2008 9:32 PM EDT
Here is certainly a good place for the bleeding heart conservatives to post their opinion.
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by singingrick May 14, 2008 9:43 PM EDT



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.


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by nathanealy May 14, 2008 9:43 PM EDT
Could someone please explain why Obama is such a breath of fresh air? Throughout his entire campaign he hasn''t proposed anything new. His policies are nearly identical to Hillary''s, which boil down to giving away a lot of money. That sounds like a typical politician.

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?
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by In-Correct May 14, 2008 9:47 PM EDT
Yet ANOTHER picture of Un-Humble Obama''s annoying smiling facial expressions.

And Obama isn''t a breath of fresh air. He is a breath of polluted septic air.
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by fibonacci_ May 14, 2008 9:48 PM EDT
singingrick, my sentiments exactly. It is a lame idea, abortion, but what right do I have to force some woman who is 2 weeks pregnant to give birth because of my beliefs.
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by In-Correct May 14, 2008 9:49 PM EDT
"With this being such a hot topic, I''''m truly surprised that Obama would seek this endorsement one way or another. It surely puts him square in the sights of those who oppose this. And could hurt him down the road. "

Posted By Edward1975.

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I Really Hope So...
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by lefeaoux May 14, 2008 9:58 PM EDT
From the mouth of a Revered BLACK MAN! You MUST watch this video if you support Hussein Obama!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ATLAHWorldwide



Another must see for Hussein Obama supporters!

http://www.eyeblast.tv/Public/Video.aspx?rsrcID=2036
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by cfin5 May 14, 2008 10:19 PM EDT
Knew this endorsement was coming after Barak Obama would rather punish his own grandchildren with the most HEINOUS death a little baby boy or girl could possibly be made to endure alive (WITH OUT ANESTHESIA),....rather than make his daughters to live with the bed she made. Just crucify the innocent child instead of the guilty fornicator. What a way to treat your posterity. Bet his grandchildren will look away from him someday with deserved disrespect when their understanding of matters kicks in.
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by soldat44 May 14, 2008 11:13 PM EDT
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
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by miles1967-2009 May 15, 2008 12:06 AM EDT
Between 2 out of 10 WV voters saying they would never vote for Obama because he is black and some of the idiotic ill-informed comments on this post, I beginning to doubt there is much hope for our country...
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by notopennshut May 15, 2008 12:23 AM EDT
The women know how they should vote because they do not want McCain''s court to determine womens'' rights. The "older" women, who have no stakes in their future do not care. Why would an influential group like this endorse the best person unless they know what is right for them and what is right for the country. WE should all look out for the future of our wives, daughters and grand-daughters. Even if you are one of those hard-working white people, think of the consequences for your female loved ones when their rights are all stripped away by McCain and his court.
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by nothappyatall May 15, 2008 12:27 AM EDT
If you are Pro-Choice-Anti-Life then Obama is your man.
"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!
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by nothappyatall May 15, 2008 12:32 AM EDT
But dont force your choice and your morality on others.

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.
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by randynason May 15, 2008 12:38 AM EDT
The Abortion Rights Group should have been more accessible when Barabara was carrying little George. That way, she might have saved us all a whole lot of inconvenience. Instead, she made a pact with the Devil and gave birth to one, as well.
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by nanging3 May 15, 2008 1:18 AM EDT
www.youtube.com/user/ATLAHWorldwide


Must Watch !
A Black Harlem Minister Threatning White Americans if Obama gets elected !!!
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by nanging3 May 15, 2008 1:19 AM EDT
I guess Obama is real proud !! Murderer
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

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by nanging3 May 15, 2008 1:20 AM EDT
www.youtube.com/user/ATLAHWorldwide


Must Watch !
A Black Harlem Minister Threatning White Americans if Obama gets elected !!!
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by soldat44 May 15, 2008 1:47 AM EDT
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

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.
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by soldat44 May 15, 2008 1:49 AM EDT
If you are Pro-Choice-Anti-Life then Obama is your man.
"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
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by tawpdawg11 May 15, 2008 2:00 AM EDT
"Major Abortion Rights Group Endorses Obama"

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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by rudy654-2009 May 15, 2008 4:08 AM EDT
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.


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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.
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by wardoglrs May 15, 2008 5:08 AM EDT
28 million women at risk of unwanted pregnancy
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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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 8:31 AM EDT
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.





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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.
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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 8:43 AM EDT
Fundamentally, I disagree with abortion. I don''t think its right for teens (or anyone) to have abortions as their method of birth control after repeatedly putting themselves in the position of getting pregnant over and over again. If you don''t want the kid, don''t do the nasty.

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....
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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 8:58 AM EDT
First, see below....

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.
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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:10 AM EDT
I have a few comments below:

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.
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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:19 AM EDT
Only one more statement:

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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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:19 AM EDT
Only one more statement:

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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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:20 AM EDT
Only one more statement:

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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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:20 AM EDT
Sorry for the repeats below. Website hung up.
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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:26 AM EDT
Death is not pretty in the womb or in Iraq. Just toss the fetus in the can and walk away from your unborn child. I''''m afraid we''''ve lost our ability to be ashamed. there are 1.3 million abortions performed every year. That''''s ten times the number of: Traffic Deaths + Hand Guns Deaths in America. America, Where is your outrage? YOU''''RE AS SILENT AS THE CHILD IN THE WOMB.


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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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by nonayabiness May 15, 2008 9:28 AM EDT
Oh, and another thing. Speaking of the death penalty. Before Washington or Congress can make abortion illegal, they MUST, MUST, MUST make killing a pregnant woman at any stage of pregnancy a double capital murder. So what if the perpetrator doesn''t know?
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