Washington D.C., Sep 17, 2008 / 00:07 am
Abortion survivor Gianna Jessen is featured in a new advertisement questioning Obama’s repeated opposition to legislation that would have protected infants who survive abortions. “If Barack Obama had his way, I wouldn’t be here,” she charges.
As an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama opposed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act in three separate attempts to pass it. In 2002, identical federal legislation passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 98-0.
The Illinois legislature did not pass a state version of BAIPA until 2005, after Obama had left that legislative body.
The new advertisement, from the 527 organization BornAliveTruth.org, shows abortion survivor Gianna Jessen asking: