Obama's anti-life actions thus far

On April 19, 2007, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced S 1173 IS and HR 1964 IH, respectively, titled The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which, as Mr. Nadler said on the same day, would “codify the rights guaranteed under the Constitution by Roe v. Wade”. In answer to a question about what he would do to ensure access to abortion posed to him during a Planned Parenthood Action Fund event in 2007, then-candidate Obama said that the first thing he would do as president was sign the FOCA into law. Well, thankfully it wasn’t waiting for him when he arrived last month. If passed the FOCA would negate the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2007 which upheld the Congressional Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, the act which stopped the atrocious killing of babies near drawing their first breathe. The FOCA would also tear states rights to shreds by stripping away all current state laws regulating abortion, including parental notification of minor girls, and tie the hands of future pro-life legislators. There is question whether or not the courts would even hear a case challenging the FOCA because of its status as law, not a constitutional amendment.

On January 23, President Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy, Reagan’s presidential order which removed American tax-payer funding of international abortion-imposing organizations. Gallup polling of the American public’s view of Obama’s first actions as President shows that only 35% of respondents approved of the reversal. If the FOCA makes it to the Oval Office, will Obama once again sign his name to an act which disregards the will of the American people, the voters who overwhelmingly supported him in the November Election?

The FOCA is out of touch with the view of the American people on abortion. A survey conducted last year by the Marist College Institute of Public Opinion indicates that a mere 8% of American voters favor no restrictions on when an abortion can be performed during pregnancy. With these polling numbers in mind, how can our leaders so easily succumb to the will of abortion-inflicting special interest groups, such as Planned Parenthood Federation of American and NARAL, and continue in their relentless support of this far reaching legislation? If the FOCA passes and Obama signs it into law, once again his liberal agenda will triumph over the better moral judgment of most Americans. I Pray to God that he does not sign it. I Pray to God for his Soul if he does. Let us unite and contact our leaders and tell them that we reject the FOCA. Contact your Senators and Representatives today and tell them to vote no on the FOCA.