Remember we had a big debate about partial birth abortion? Well, here is a guy, who, in the Senate of Illinois, voted against a bill that was aimed at making sure that hospitals could no longer take babies who were born alive after a botched abortion--these are living babies, wholly separate from the mother, and are there in a nurse's arms, and in a case that I know of, the nurse is begging the doctors to please help, to do something for this child. And she is told to put the child aside, and let it die. That's not abortion. That is infanticide. That is the taking of a child's life. That is simply murder, by neglect. And there was a bill to stop it. And the United States Senate, in a similar bill, passed ninety-eight to zero. Even Teddy Kennedy and Barbara Mikulski could not find it in their abortion-seared consciences to vote for this practice. But Barack Obama voted to let it continue.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Keyes accuses Barack Obama of allowing infanticide by voting against a bill protecting babies born alive after botched abortions. He notes other senators opposed this.
- In plain terms
- Obama voted against saving babies born alive after abortions. Keyes calls this murder.
- What can you take from it?
- Support legislation protecting infants born alive.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does human life begin?
- How should states legislate on this?
Another view
Legal definitions of born alive vary.
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