Pro-Life Groups Bash Barack Obama For "Don't Punish With a Baby" Comment

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is drawing more fire today for his comment that his daughters shouldn't be "punished" with a baby should they become pregnant as teenagers. Pro-life groups say Obama's comments are hurtful when it comes to stopping both teen pregnancies and abortions.

In recent remarks during a Pennsylvania campaign stop, Obama responded to a question about AIDS and meandered his way into talking about teen pregnancy.

The Illinois senator said: "I've got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Concerned Women for America president Wendy Wright responded in a statement sent to LifeNews.com.

Despite her group's desire to see a reduce in the number of teen pregnancies, Wright made it clear that castigating mothers and condemning their babies to abortion is not the answer.

"Stigmatizing the babies conceived by teenagers is not the way to reduce teen pregnancies. Instead, it provides an excuse for aborting them," she said.

"Regardless of their parentage, all human beings should be treated with respect and dignity," Wright explained. "Our society would take a dangerous step backward from the Judeo-Christian belief that we are all created equal if we were to treat one class of humans - those born to teenagers - as a curse."

Wright called on Obama to recognize this fact and to "recant" his statement that a baby is a "punishment."

Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, the head of the Christian Defense Coalition, agreed and said Obama's remark is a "slap in the face" to every child born to a young mother.

He said the comment also "diminishes the great joy that children bring to their families regardless of the circumstances in which they were born.

"We call upon Senator Obama to issue a public apology for these profoundly misguided statements and also address his anti-child and anti-compassion mindset," Mahoney said.
Pro-Life Groups Bash Barack Obama For "Don't Punish With a Baby" Comment

Want to know the best way to rally the far right together behind McCain? Let a Dem do a speech.......

I'm not an anti-abortion type but hey, whatever helps keep Obama out of the Whitehouse is alright by me. Thanks Barrack!:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:

What a load of crap these pro-life idiots peddle. They do treat an unwanted pregnanacy as though it is punishment and now they want to blame Obama for saying so! These are the same morons who don't want young people to be taught anythng about human sexuality or contraception --- only abstinence is OK. Then if that person does have sex and does get pregnant, they don't want to allow abortion as a way out of having the baby. They basically say that you made the mistake and now it's your responsibility --- I'd say that is equating pregnancy with a punishment for being "amoral" in their view.

Couldn't agree more with ya but do ya recall our discussion about the Evangelical vote? This was basically their rally cry. "Save the babies, Vote McCain"....I can see it now.;)

Have a good one!:s4:

One down, two to go.

only abstinence is 100% sure fire way not to have a kid
have you not see those stupid BC ads where they say "we all know BC is 99% effective..." that 1% can add up to a lot when we are talking about a population of 300million+

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Couldn't agree more with ya but do ya recall our discussion about the Evangelical vote? This was basically their rally cry. "Save the babies, Vote McCain"....I can see it now.;)

Have a good one!:s4:

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They'll definitely suppot him, but not maybe as much as he would want: CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Dobson: McCain ‘fracturing’ party « - Blogs from CNN.com

If McCain were to win, I'd love to see him do it without the support of these evangelical assclowns and their social-conservative co-assclowns. Then he wouldn't owe them anything. I'd like to see them cut completely out of the process.

ive been a republican as long as ive been able to vote, but i think the only way ill vote mccain is if its against hill-dawg
idk though

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ive been a republican as long as ive been able to vote, but i think the only way ill vote mccain is if its against hill-dawg
idk though

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We all know H-dawg is hiding a snuke up her snizz. lol :thumbsup: