Why Barack Obama is not an option

Here is a clip of Mr. Obama addressing Planned Parenthood in July, 2007. (Clip starts at about nine seconds.)



The first ten minutes is enough to see his perspective. In the clip he defends very passionately the "right" to choice, the freedom to choose abortion. He says "On this fundamental issue, I will not yield" and in discussing the recent gains that pro-life advocates have made in the Supreme Court, he says "This is what is at stake in this election" (the ability to reverse some of these recent trends, and the fear that if not, pro-lifers will win out).

Keep in mind also that Mr. Obama is not just discussing abortion. He is defending partial-birth abortion as a legitimate option for women. In his condemnation of the Court's decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, he is arguing for partial-birth abortion, the bringing of the child out of the womb before taking it's life.

Barack's view is that Abortion is all about the opportunity for the woman to have the same life as the man, that the fundamental issue is opportunity for her. While I believe in the right for women to live that kind of life, and agree wholeheartedly that the woman's life is just as valuable, just as meaningful, just as impactful as that of a male, it is a complete smokescreen to make that the central issue in abortion.

If two people, a male and a female, want their life to have the utmost opportunity for success, then they need to plan before sexual intercourse what will be the best path for that success, not make that plan as a reaction. Today, 50% of abortions are the couple's only means of birth-control. If we're talking about opportunity for success, our society, male and female, needs to be responsible, not careless. And let me be clear, the onus for this falls on both the male and the female. When they fail at this, the government and our society does not need to pat them on the back and tell them all will be well after this "procedure," we need to love them and care for them and help them make the best decisions to care for this new life while building their own lives as well.

This is what is at stake in this election. Not the right to choice, but the right to life. How can we consciously place the emphasis on choice? How can we in good conscious say that this is not about a new life, but about a mere preference for the mother? To borrow from Mark Driscoll, how can some in our society call for the end of a war because they don't want terrorists to die, but be agreeable with the killing thousands of children here in our own nation? How can some make the conservation of nature their battleground while agreeing with the murder of children?

This is not about choice. It is about life. This election is not about the kind of "change" America needs if Barack Obama is the author of that change. A man who stands so passionately for the murder of the unborn and so callously calls it mere choice is not the kind of man that America needs writing policy.

Wanting the right kind of change,
Bert

HT: Justin Taylor