Obama alters story on abortion views

Barack Obama said that National Right to Life is lying about his position on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act that he opposed while an Illinois senator.

He opposed this Illinois bill in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Why did Obama oppose the bill? In 2001, he spoke against the bill saying it "would essentially bar abortions."

Obama now claims he would have supported the federal bill that passed 98-0 in the U.S. Senate during 2002. So why did he so vigorously oppose the state bill?

During that campaign Obama began claiming he would have supported the state bill, but it was worded differently than the federal bill. However, all the evidence now shows the state bill was virtually identical to the federal bill, undermining any basis for his claim.

What next? Oh, the legal situation in Illinois is different so the same wording is not sufficient to protect the right to abortion. No, how about, there was already a law so this bill was unneeded?

Does it make any difference to know that then Attorney General Jim Ryan found no existing law had been broken before the Born Alive bill was first introduced?

Doesn't the quantity of constantly changing explanations for opposing the Born Alive Infant Protection Act raise some serious concerns about the credibility of these claimed reasons? Will anyone in the "mainstream" media ever admit that Obama's position on abortion is extreme?

Bill Beckman

Executive Director

Illinois Right to Life Committee

Chicago