Planned Parenthood Endorses Barack Obama

Applauds Obama's Record of Standing Up for Women's Health Care
June 7, 2008

Washington, DC – The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political and advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, today announced its endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president of the United States.

"The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is proud to endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States," said Action Fund president Cecile Richards. "He is a passionate advocate for women's rights, and has a long and consistent record of standing up for women's health care. As president, he will improve access to quality health care for women, support and protect a woman's right to choose, support comprehensive sex education to keep our young people healthy and safe, and invest in prevention programs, including family planning services and breast cancer screenings." the rest image

[Obama's] Abortion Confusion
Jennifer Rubin
07.10.2008

Barack Obama’s muddle on abortion hasn’t gotten a ton of coverage. And in fairness to the mainstream media they have had a lot more critical and dramatic flip-flops to cover (e.g. Iraq and FISA). But as this story shows, Obama has flummoxed his pro-choice supporters. Did he mean to undercut the legal underpinnings for Roe v. Wade? They don’t think so. But if not, what was he up to? Pro-choice advocates are concerned: “that kind of statement [undercutting the mental health justification] really feeds into the wingnut argument that women have abortions because they are frivolous about that decision, because we are having a bad hair day.”

Let me help: 1) He was trying to give meaningless rhetorical comfort to value voters; 2) he didn’t realize that questioning the mental health justification for late-term abortions was a fundamental no-no for pro-choice absolutists; 3) when he tried to correct his error, his explanation didn’t make any sense either; and 4) He’s going to appoint as many Ruth Bader Ginsburgs as he can find to fill vacancies, so they needn’t worry. I think that covers it. the rest

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