Abortions per Day and Senator B. Obama's Voting List

WORLDWIDE

Number of abortions per year: Approximately 42 Million
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 115,000


UNITED STATES

Number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 3,700


The pro-abortion group NARAL expressed neutrality on the federal bill. On August 5, 2002, President George W. Bush signed it into law.

For four years Obama has said he would have supported the federal version, but that simply isn’t true. In 2003, as chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee, Obama voted yes on an amendment that made the Illinois version identical to the federal one. However, he then voted no on the amended bill.

(Note the first vote under “DP#1” or “Do Pass Amendment #1” was to allow the amendment to be added, making this bill identical to the federal Born Alive bill. The second vote under “DPA” or “Do Pass as Amended” was on the bill as amended. Obama voted to amend the bill and then voted against the amended bill.)
“Born Alive Infant” definition and other protections

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediate

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COMMITTEE VOTE: Do Pass As Amended

4-YES 6-NO 0-PRESENT

OBAMA, N
RIGHTER Y
HUNTER, VC N
Radogno Y
Crotty N
Syverson Y
Garrett N
Wojcik Y
Martinez
Ronen N
Schoenberg N

(5 ILCS 70/1.36 new)

SYNOPSIS: SB 1082 amends the Statute on Statutes to define “born alive infant”.

SB 1082 provides that interpreting any statute, rule, or regulation, the words “person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual” include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. SB 1082 provides that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person and accorded immediate protection under the law.

BACKGROUND: SB 1082 is in response to instances at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn where abortions resulted in living infants who were then allowed to die without medical or comfort care. Language similar to HB 1082 has passed the United States House of Representatives.

SB 1662 (O’Malley/Winkel, 92nd GA) was identical legislation that passed the Senate 30-12-10 and died in the House Health Care Committee 2-8-0.

SB 1095 (O’Malley/Johnson, 92nd GA) was identical legislation that passed the Senate 35-5-13 and died in the House Civil Judiciary Committee 6-5-1.



Pastor Rick Warren: "At what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?"

Barack Obama "...answering that question with specificity... uh... you know is, is... uh... above my pay grade."

~ Saddleback Forum, August 16, 2008