Obama: McCain 'Extreme' on Abortion
Key quote: "Democrat Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights, is only too happy to remind voters where McCain stands, but he tries to make his case without attracting too much attention."
Key quote: "Democrat Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights, is only too happy to remind voters where McCain stands, but he tries to make his case without attracting too much attention."
Key quote: "An anti-abortion group is taking aim at Barack Obama with a television ad featuring a 31-year-old woman whose mother underwent a late-term abortion procedure unsuccessfully."
Key quote: "Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was "above my pay grade" to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights."
Key quote: "Obama’s new radio ad, airing widely in at least seven swing states, tells voters McCain 'will make abortion illegal.' "
Key quote: "...an unsigned — and previously unattributed — 1990 article unearthed by Politico offers a glimpse at Obama's views on abortion policy and the law during his student days, and provides a rare addition to his body of work."
Key quote: "The National Right to Life Coalition has been trumpeting the legislative record from that day more than five years ago as "newly released" evidence."
Key quote: "Obama's Pennsylvania director, said in a statement that having Casey speak reflects Obama's desire to unify the party and country."
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Key Quote; "WASHINGTON — Sixteen years ago, the Democratic Party refused to allow Robert P. Casey Sr., then the governor of Pennsylvania, to speak at its national convention because his anti-abortion views, stemming from his Roman Catholic faith, clashed with the party’s platform and powerful constituencies. Many Catholics, once a reliable Democratic voting bloc, never forgot what they considered a slight."
Key quote: "For the past week, some activists in the abortion rights community have been trying to figure out why Barack Obama, a Democrat praised for his strong defense of reproductive rights, appeared to be turning soft. Those who work on the frontlines of the abortion debate couldn’t quite believe what they were hearing: Obama, in an interview with a Christian magazine, seemed to reject a mental health exception to the ban on late-term abortions. They feared that Obama, like Democrat John Kerry in 2004, was adopting a view favored by abortion opponents to appeal to conservatives."
Key quote: "He asked Obama what has become of a society where killing dogs can be viewed as so heinous yet abortion is legal."
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