Obama's position on abortion may trump all other concerns for devout Roman Catholics in the USA. Yet there are some Catholics who are willing to endorse him regardless of his "right to choose" stand. Doug Kmiec, Pepperdine law professor, is one of them.
The National Catholic Register reports:
Father Richard Neuhaus, editor in chief of the journal First Things, says Kmiec has it wrong. “He has now become a voice for Catholics who wish to back for president a candidate who has a long history of unqualified support for the unlimited abortion license imposed by the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973,” Father Neuhaus said in a commentary for the Register about Kmiec’s arguments (p. 12).
And on the presidential campaign trail, Obama recruited a Planned Parenthood official to campaign on his behalf in New Hampshire, and he earned the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America over rival Hillary Clinton, despite Clinton’s own solidly pro-abortion credentials.
Obama has also made the promise that “the first thing I’d do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act,” a bill that if enacted would prevent any federal, state or local government entity from restricting access to abortion. It would strike down virtually every state law on abortion.
The stated aim of this legislation is to “end the abortion wars,” by allowing abortion-on-demand in all nine months of pregnancy for any reason and without any restrictions nationwide.
This would eradicate state and federal laws that the majority of Americans support — such as requirements that licensed physicians perform abortions, fully-informed consent, and parental involvement — and prevent states from enacting similar protective measures in the future.
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