Barack Obama voted against the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act 4 times in 3 years and was the sole senator to speak against it on the Senate floor in 2001 and 2002. He later misrepresented his vote and then called his critics liars (here's the facts).
According to Barack Obama, these babies are not human persons when born and not eligible for legal protection. Here's the language Barack Obama objected to as "clearly threatening Roe": A live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law.
Think about it as you read this story, published by RealChoice:
An August 2, 1981 story in the Philadelphia Inquirer said that in July of 1979, Dr. Boyd Cooper performed an abortion at 23 weeks at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 1 lb 2 oz infant boy gasped and tried to breathe. No efforts were made to revive the infant due to the parents' wishes and the infant's size. The baby was placed in a utility room used as an infant morgue. Cooper instructed nurse, "Leave the baby there -- it will die." The nurse testified that the baby was still gasping in the closet when she returned to work 12 hours later. Cooper then finally agreed to allow the baby to be transferred to intensive care, where he died 4 days later. Despite having left the child gasping, cold and alone, in a morgue for over twelve hours, the baby's death was ruled accidental.
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