Why was Obama against the born alive infant protection act?

It stated that infants were human beings and those that survived late term abortions, were entitled to comfort care - not left on a tray to die alone. Obama advocates partial birth (late term abortion) whether the mother's life is in danger or not - (it's her choice). The bill declared that the infant was a human being and entitled to 'comfort care' such as pain medication. Obama voted no.
This hurts African Americans. Those are the children most likely to be aborted. I think any human being's first choice would be adoption whether it's the same race or a different one. But, NOBODY should decide that an aborted baby deserves to die like that because they might inconvenience somebody if they lived.

He felt it would undermine a woman's right to abortion.

You are mistating the position. When a medical condition necessitates termination, then he backs termination. The problem with bills like this is in the fine print - if you don't agree with some provisions, you have to vote against the whole thing.

No-one supports unnecessary terminations, but we must respect the rights of women to control their own bodies.

This is a decision that must be left to doctors, who are trained to take into account the risks, case by case.

The politicians should stay out of women's wombs.

it was a controversial, but highly justifiable stance...but the undertones are largely ignored by the Democratic rank & file.

Obama is of the belief that such a ban would pave the way to futher bans.....Similar to a gun-rights nut opposing the ban on private ownership of .50 Sniper Rifles, for fear that it would eventually lead to bans on handgun ownership...

The only problem is that "gun rights" guy would rightfully be labeled as representing the "extreme" end of his position....Obama has carefully crafted an image of an "everyman"...

General Elections are won by "the Center" so issues like these are going to gain more scrutiny as November approaches...

I wish people who opposed abortion were concerned with all the people dying in Iraq on a daily basis.

He likes the idea because he is a left wing liberal socialist Democrat.

yes he is he voted to let them die

because he sucks!

He hate babies.Barack Hussein Obama is for Partial Birth Abortion,we must stop him.

Hey for that Watching our empire decline dude,

Newspaper headlines declared a tragic milestone: the overall death toll from the five-year war in Iraq has reached more than 4,000. Also, for every 15 troops wounded in Iraq, there has been one fatality.

The war in Iraq will undoubtedly remain a key issue in the Presidential race. Newsmen and newswomen in particular are likely to focus much attention on that 4,000 fatality figure.

Yet, I doubt whether a single questioner in a Presidential debate will point out a troubling truth: nearly that many American babies die in a single day from abortion.

One day--nearly 4,000 deaths. A five-year war compressed into a single 24-hour period.

Who will dare ask about an exit strategy for the war going on on our domestic front? Who will interview the grieving post-abortive mothers and fathers? Who will ask the grandparents where their grandchildren have gone? Who will grill candidates at the federal, state, and local level about their support for the war on unborn children and their mothers?

The casualties in this war will not be buried with honors. In fact, they won't receive a funeral at all.

In all likelihood, they won't even have a name, unless their mothers, drawing on their inner courage, attend a post-abortion healing retreat.

Newscasts chronicle the struggles soldiers returning from battle sometimes face in dealing with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Women undergoing abortion often have their own post-traumatic disorder to deal with, a disorder they may try to numb through drugs and alcohol.

Where are the discussions about public health policy to deal with the emotional trauma of abortion? How are women to re-adjust to school and work after losing a child in the abortion war?

The next time candidates come knocking on your door asking for your vote, ask them what they intend to do to end the abortion war. The unborn children of America deserve an answer.