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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Remember when Obama was one of the only members to vote against the bill which would mandate giving babies born alive after an abortion proper medical care?

Happened at Christ Hospital in IL.

He was one of the only members to vote against it. [/quote]

You are misrepresenting Obama's position here. While Obama was in the Illinois Senate, he voted against a a bill that would give aborted fetuses that showed signs of life full legal protections even if doctors believed they could not survive. Obama's vote was in committee and the bill was defeated in that committee. However, Obama's position was not in support of withholding medical care in such circumstances. Rather, the bill would have impacted the legality of abortions in Illinois. Indeed, the bill was later amended to make clear that it would not affect the legality of abortion and was passed into law. Obama was not in the Illinois Senate at that time, but says he would have supported it.

Your claim that Obama was "one of the only members to vote against it" is disputable. Obama was in the majority, otherwise the bill would have passed. So, he certainly was not one of the only members of the committee. 
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Jeff, I'm sorry, but you are wrong about several crucial facts.

Obama did not just vote against a law in committee in Illinois.

The Born Alive Infants Protection Act passed on the federal level overwhelmingly, and was signed into law by then-president Bush.  Obama's position was, and is, in the vast minority.

When the Illinois law was revised to exactly match the federal version (after failing to pass the previous year), Obama voted against it again.
Obama's record, including his personal speeches about his position, is available here:

http://bornalivetruth.org/timeline.php

The line "he is not against withholding medical care to infants who survive abortions;  he is afraid such a law would undermine abortion rights" is incoherent and empty.  The Born Alive Infants Protection Act is federal law now.  And Obama has been outspoken against it.  Here is a summary of his statements over the years, compiled by Jill Stanek, the nurse who witnessed an infant slowly die in an Illinois hospital:

http://www.wnd.com/2008/01/45553/

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