Comments on Barack Oblogger: Barack Obama's Record on Women's Issues

Hi Anonymous, thank you for your comment. Obviousl...

2009-02-26T06:34:49.527-08:00

Hi Anonymous, thank you for your comment. Obviously we wish a better world for everybody under the sun. Our non-profit organization looks to help empower women and children (both boys and girls) in suppressed and unequal situations and communities. Most of the young girls and boys we work with live in dire circumstances and aren't able to go to school and get an education, let alone have access to clean water. We hope to change that with our endeavors (such as building wells and schools). By supporting these (young) individuals, all the members of the community benefit as well. (that goes for the men, women and children).

“Building a Better World for Women and Children”No...

2009-02-25T13:34:25.328-08:00

“Building a Better World for Women and Children”

No better world for men? Interesting!

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2008-11-08T09:46:41.416-08:00

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Oh, I didn't know having unprotected sex would get...

2008-08-19T17:53:02.779-07:00

Oh, I didn't know having unprotected sex would get me pregnant, so I'm not ready. If you were ready for sex, you're ready to have children. You know you can leave a newborn at a hospital within the first week, without any punnishment or questions asked.

Political Humor at its Finest!

Even if you are pro-life (which is a misleading te...

2008-06-10T17:20:04.596-07:00

Even if you are pro-life (which is a misleading term anyway), what does that have to do with his vastly superior record to McCain on women's issues? You'd rather have a candidate who supports banning abortion but has absolutely no record on voting for women's rights in the workplace or childcare? You'd deserve him.

Some anyonymous person complained about the emotio...

2008-06-10T16:26:22.159-07:00

Some anyonymous person complained about the emotional wreckage abortion laws cause women.

Some people are really lousy parents (Nixzmary Brown ring any bells?) and should NEVER have kids. I'd rather have an abortion to remove a little clump of cells than have some poor child brutalized for seven or eight years and finally murdered.

When you people equate destroying eight cells with brutalizing a child for seven years, you cheapen the life of the child.

Barack Oblogger, I just blogged Barack's position on women &mdash wish I'd linked to your article first!~

Uhh, excuse me... "the temporary relief from havin...

2008-06-10T12:45:52.670-07:00

Uhh, excuse me... "the temporary relief from having a child"?

Yeah, as opposed to the life-long agony of having a child that you're not able to support (if you keep it) or the lifelong agony of not knowing what happened to it (if you gave it away).

I meant 'Pro-Life' of course :/ I was thinking too...

2008-06-10T08:13:55.068-07:00

I meant 'Pro-Life' of course :/ I was thinking too much on what you'd just said.

Very well said, David D. Those voting 'Pro-Choice...

2008-06-10T08:12:36.476-07:00

Very well said, David D. Those voting 'Pro-Choice' are so tunnel-visioned they won't allow themselves to see the reprecussions of anything they do or vote for.

Why do people refer to "pro-choice" as "pro-aborti...

2008-06-09T23:44:30.748-07:00

Why do people refer to "pro-choice" as "pro-abortion" being pro-choice doesn't mean you're for abortions...it means you think a woman should have a choice on what she does with her body...it's not like everyone who is pro-choice loves abortions...like they get off on the fact someone has to terminate a pregnancy.

If abortions are made illegal, should there be a p...

2008-06-09T22:34:03.512-07:00

If abortions are made illegal, should there be a punishment for having an abortion? If so, what should that punishment be?

^ Ask that to a pro-lifer the next chance you get. Their reaction will stun you. More like their lack of an answer.

When it comes to the abortion, it is nobody's choi...

2008-06-09T22:04:28.647-07:00

When it comes to the abortion, it is nobody's choice but the womans. It is nobody's business what the woman feels but hers. It is nobody's place to get involved in someone Else's personal bodily business.
If you don't believe abortion should be legal, don't have one. Stay out of others business.. Unless you are willing to let people get in your business. And chances are, you wouldn't want that.

(I am a Man and it's not my place to say what a woman does with her body.)

Wow, I step away for awhile, come back and all kin...

2008-06-09T19:11:49.348-07:00

Wow, I step away for awhile, come back and all kinds of interesting discussions are going on.

Now, to answer the question, Barack Obama is pro-choice. If you go back to the post, I will provide numerous links.

But this is from Women for Barack Obama:

Supports a Woman’s Right to Choose:

Barack Obama understands that abortion is a divisive issue, and respects those who disagree with him. However, he has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in that case.

Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy:

Barack Obama is an original co-sponsor of legislation to expand access to contraception, health information and preventive services to help reduce unintended pregnancies. Introduced in January 2007, the Prevention First Act will increase funding for family planning and comprehensive sex education that teaches both abstinence and safe sex methods. The Act will also end insurance discrimination against contraception, improve awareness about emergency contraception, and provide compassionate assistance to rape victims.

And for those who are anti-choice, let me explain something to you... rich people will ALWAYS get abortions for their daughters. They'll send them to expensive clinics in Canada or Mexico.

if we outlaw safe and legal abortions, the ones who will suffer will be poor women, who will once again end up in some unsanitary back-alley abortionist, or use Drano, or coathangers, or whatever it was that women used before abortions were legal.

i hope he win the race

2008-06-09T18:46:04.716-07:00

i hope he win the race

The thing about abortions is that making them ille...

2008-06-09T15:45:02.395-07:00

The thing about abortions is that making them illegal will not wish them away. They will happen in back alleys with coathangers and knitting needles. What you do get with regulated legal abortion is the ability to accurately gauge abortion statistics and safety.

What have we noticed? That abistnence only education increases abortion rates, and it decreases with safe-sex education.

The conservative dream of illegal abortions and abstinance only sex ed will only lead to high back-alley abortion rates and dead mothers.

"So what about the emotional wreckage that his pro...

2008-06-09T15:41:57.535-07:00

"So what about the emotional wreckage that his pro abortion laws cause women?"

Let me ask you this, how many children have you adopted? I ask this because if your answer is zero then you really are part of the problem and not the solution. My view on abortion is more pragmatic. What would this country be like if we forced every child conceived to be born?

Many of these children would be born to mothers who don't want them or cannot properly care for them. At the end of the day government can only shift money from one group to another, they cannot make people be good parents.

I don't like abortion, I don't know anyone who does. But you can't have it both ways. It can't be ok to kill innocent civilians in Iraq but wrong to have an abortion. And before we go off banning things we need to realistically look at what that choice will do to our country.

It will drastically increase the welfare rolls, it will drastically increase the number of abused and neglected children in our country (into a bureaucracy that cannot keep up now), and it will lead to a cycle of higher crime and even more unwanted children.

It's easy to make a law, if you want to be against abortion why not do something to help figure out how we can solve the problems that come with banning abortion?

"So what about the emotional wreckage that his pro...

2008-06-09T15:39:20.403-07:00

"So what about the emotional wreckage that his pro abortion laws cause women?" ..

His laws don't cause the emotional wreckage. The person causes it to themselves.

Take responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming others. Imposing your will on others is Un-American. Funny though how the republicans don't seem to grasp that as of late.

Pro-choice is the only choice, otherwise your a damn fascist.

Some women regret their choices. Some regret who ...

2008-06-09T15:19:14.374-07:00

Some women regret their choices. Some regret who they married, their career, etc. - you know, like human beings. But they had the opportunity to decide.

So what about the emotional wreckage that his pro ...

2008-06-09T15:14:53.756-07:00

So what about the emotional wreckage that his pro abortion laws cause women? I suppose the temporary relief from having a child is better than the life long guilt and emotional regret that accompanies this choice? Even the Roe V Wade case "lady" is now pro life.

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2008-06-09T14:58:31.485-07:00

Wow, what has the world come to?

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He's pro-choise.

2008-06-09T14:56:14.234-07:00

He's pro-choise.

Pro-choice

2008-06-09T14:55:52.656-07:00

Pro-choice

Where does Obama stand on abortions / right to cho...

2008-06-09T11:31:29.409-07:00

Where does Obama stand on abortions / right to choose?