Barack Obama

Biden supports both abortion AND life-begins-at-conception?

By J. Wesley ⋅ September 8, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Isn’t there a special word for killing innocent human beings?

From the NYT: “Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee for vice president, departed Sunday from party doctrine on abortion rights, declaring that as a Catholic, he believes life begins at conception.”

Senator Biden’s National Abortion Rights Action League approval ratings since 2000:

2000 - 90%
2001 - Ratings not given in 2001.
2002 - 100%
2003 - 34% (voted against partial-birth abortion.)
2004 - 100%
2005 - 100%
2006 - 100%

Much like Clinton, Gore, Jesse Jackson and other Democratic politicians, Biden was once an abortion moderate, garnering NARAL ratings between 33-100% in the 80s and 90s. He’s since shifted solidly into the pro-abortion camp.

So consider the moral implications of this. Many pro-abortion types believe life begins at viability, and are pro-choice only until the baby is viable. They’re wrong, but their logic is at least consistent. But not Joe Biden. He believes that a baby is a baby from the moment of conception, while simultaneously supporting the right to exterminate him or her.

It’s obvious why Biden just announced his belief in life-at-conception to the New York Times — with McCain’s post-convention bounce catapulting him into the lead, the Obama-Biden camp is doing anything they can to peel away conservative Catholics and squishy Evangelicals. As long as no one thinks too deeply on the subject, Biden can stand in as an answer to Sarah Palin’s pro-life convictions.

Hopefully, though, people WILL think on this. What Biden is supporting is murder, plain and simple. To support the killing of innocent human beings is murder by its very definition. And all this for a few lousy votes.

UPDATE: For those Christians planning to pull the lever for Obama, here’s some food for thought from NARAL:

Sen. Barack Obama has served in the U.S. Senate since 2005. During that time, he has cast 13 votes on abortion and other reproductive-rights issues. All 13 of those votes were pro-choice.