It would seem Barack Obama’s position on abortion depends on the audience to whom he is speaking when responding to questions about his views on the subject.<\/p>\n
In a recently posted interview at Christianity Today<\/a>, Barack said this about abortion:<\/p>\n I don’t know anybody who is pro-abortion. I think it’s very important to start with that premise. I think people recognize what a wrenching, difficult issue it is. I do think that those who diminish the moral elements of the decision aren’t expressing the full reality of it. But what I believe is that women do not make these decisions casually, and that they struggle with it fervently with their pastors, with their spouses, with their doctors.<\/p>\n Our goal should be to make abortion less common, that we should be discouraging unwanted pregnancies, that we should encourage adoption wherever possible. There is a range of ways that we can educate our young people about the sacredness of sex and we should not be promoting the sort of casual activities that end up resulting in so many unwanted pregnancies.<\/p>\n Ultimately, women are in the best position to make a decision at the end of the day about these issues. With significant constraints. For example, I think we can legitimately say \u2014 the state can legitimately say \u2014 that we are prohibiting late-term abortions as long as there’s an exception for the mother’s health. Those provisions that I voted against typically didn’t have those exceptions, which raises profound questions where you might have a mother at great risk. Those are issues that I don’t think the government can unilaterally make a decision about. I think they need to be made in consultation with doctors, they have to be prayed upon, or people have to be consulting their conscience on it. I think we have to keep that decision-making with the person themselves.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade he issued a statement highlighting his 100% pro-choice record<\/a>:<\/p>\n Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, it’s never been more important to protect a woman’s right to choose. Last year, the Supreme Court decided by a vote of 5-4 to uphold the Federal Abortion Ban, and in doing so undermined an important principle of Roe v. Wade: that we must always protect women’s health. With one more vacancy on the Supreme Court, we could be looking at a majority hostile to a women’s fundamental right to choose for the first time since Roe v. Wade. The next president may be asked to nominate that Supreme Court justice. That is what is at stake in this election.<\/p>\n Throughout my career, I’ve been a consistent and strong supporter of reproductive justice, and have consistently had a 100% pro-choice rating with Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It would seem Barack Obama’s position on abortion depends on the audience to whom he is speaking when responding to questions about his views on the subject. In a recently posted interview at Christianity Today, Barack said this about abortion: … Continue reading