Thanks for the details on the Illinois vote. I still think she has a lot of nerve to accuse him of having "radical" views considering her own.
> Also, he didn't help his case by saying he wouldn't > want to have his two daughters "punished" by > unwanted pregnancies. One knows what he means, but > it was a very poor choice of term. It seems like a good term to me. It could be a life destroying "punishment" to force a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy. I dated a woman who gave away her baby because she was too young to raise it. It seemed to have destroyed her, she never got over it. Carrying a child to term and giving it away is a tough option for a woman. Very tough. Forcing a woman who had been raped to carry her baby to term seems like punishment to me. Forcing her to choose to raise it or give it away is another punishment IMO. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081011/D93OGKAG0.html > > > > Palin called Obama's ideas and votes on abortion "radical." > > > > A father rapes his 14 year old daughter and her sleepover > > friend getting them pregnant. Sarah Palin has confirmed > > in interviews that she believes that no abortion option > > should be offered. She believes that the victims of this > > crime must be forced to carry the children to term. > > > > But it it Obama who has radical views on abortion? > > She's radical on the pro-life side; she's claiming > Obama is radical on the pro-choice side. What she > specifically takes issue with is his votes in the > Illinois Senate against a bill mandating care and > treatment for fetuses that are born alive as the > result of an abortion procedure, instead of just > leaving them to die. > > There's a lot of controversy and murkiness about just > what he was voting against and why, and Obama hasn't > helped matters by not having been entirely > straightforward about his votes, which has given > Palin and other right-wingers the opportunity to > claim that he favors infanticide. > > Obviously that's not the case, but the ins and outs > of the Illinois legislation are so complicated that > they can't be explained in a sound bite. > > Also, he didn't help his case by saying he wouldn't > want to have his two daughters "punished" by > unwanted pregnancies. One knows what he means, but > it was a very poor choice of term. >
