A CNN reporter interviewing me a couple weeks ago about Barack Obama’s opposition as state senator to the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act groaned more than once that this topic was “complicated.” She was referring to Obama’s various explanations through the years for blocking Born Alive and lately his outright denial that obstructing legislation […]

by on Barack Obama’s shifting abortion position: In a speech before Planned Parenthood last year, Barack Obama said that he was well-equipped to defend a right to abortion because “I put Roe at the center of my lesson plan on reproductive freedom when I taught Constitutional law.” But during the past week, Obama has proven […]

Many people have emailed me about Barack Obama’s July 1

The National Right to Life Committee held its annual convention July 3-5 near DC. Most of its workshops ABC News, LifeNews.com coverage of the Rove speech. Also read The Carpetbagger Report and

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by guest columnist Joseph Wildman On July 17, 2007, Senator Barack Obama spoke to President Cecile Richards, Steve Trombley, and other senior leaders at a Planned Parenthood Action Fund meeting. To this cheering…audience, Senator Obama promised, “The first thing I’d do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.” These words inspired and rightfully […]

From HitWise indicates abortion is now the number one political issue voters are looking for when they conduct a search on Obama’s campaign web site. Hitwise analyzed the top 200 U.S. search terms that sent visits to the presidential candidates’ websites for the first half of 2008, revealing the types of content searched for the […]

On June 25, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked conservative commentator Bill Bennett what question he would ask Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama if he could. Bennett said he would ask Obama: Why are you to the left of NARAL, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein when it comes to abortion? Are you really there?…. I got to […]