Obama and Life

By David Aikman

Barack Obama has been criticized for his past associations with a former American domestic terrorist, for his earlier membership in a Chicago church whose pastor hated America, and his friendship with a Palestinian college professor who used to work for the PLO.

What may be overlooked in all this is his truly radical support for abortion. In the Illinois State Senate, he voted against a bill that would protect babies who survived botched abortions, and he's promised, if elected president, to sign the Freedom of Choice Act. This would prohibit any state of the union from imposing limits on abortion, for example through a parental consent requirement or through denial of public funds to pay for an abortion.

Is a massive expansion in abortion rights the change that America really wants?