Tag: abortion
Posted on Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 07:09:17 PM EST
Tags: abortion (all tags)
Here's Obama reaching out to the evangelical right. The Associated Press reports:
In an interview this week with "Relevant," a Christian magazine, Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother."
Obama then added: "Now, I don't think that 'mental distress' qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term."
Obama made no such distinction last year:
Last year, after the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on late-term abortions, Obama said he "strongly disagreed" with the ruling because it "dramatically departs form previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women."
NARAL leaders ought to feel like idiots. [More...]
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