Barack Obama Would Back Daughters' Abortion, "Don't Punish Them With a Baby"

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
March 31, 2008

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Barack Obama is drawing gasps from pro-life advocates today over comments he made during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The leading Democratic presidential candidate appeared to back a potential decision by his daughters to seek an abortion saying he wouldn't "punish" them with a baby.

Obama's comments came in the context of off-the-cuff remarks addressing the issue of AIDS. the rest