A few weeks ago, Gian Maria Vian, the editor of L’Osservatore Romano (the Vatican’s unofficial newspaper) stated in an editorial that “Obama is not a pro-abortion president.” After outcry from American commentators, Vian further explained his viewpoint in an interview with the National Review Online: “He considered abortion, at least in his speech at Notre Dame, as something to prevent and, above all, he said, we must proceed in the attempt to widen the consensus as much as possible because he realizes that it is a very delicate issue.
Of course, Senator Obama made decisions that certainly cannot be defined as pro-life, to use the American term. He was, rather, pro-choice. Yet I believe that the senator’s activity prior to his presidential election is one thing, and the political line he is following as president of the United States is another.
We have noticed that his entire program prior to his election was more radical than it is revealing itself to be now that he is president. So this is what I meant when I said he didn’t sound like a pro-abortion president. Besides, he stated that the Freedom of Choice Act is no longer a top priority of the administration.”
Of course, Senator Obama made decisions that certainly cannot be defined as pro-life, to use the American term. He was, rather, pro-choice. Yet I believe that the senator’s activity prior to his presidential election is one thing, and the political line he is following as president of the United States is another.
We have noticed that his entire program prior to his election was more radical than it is revealing itself to be now that he is president. So this is what I meant when I said he didn’t sound like a pro-abortion president. Besides, he stated that the Freedom of Choice Act is no longer a top priority of the administration.”
Is Obama pro-choice or pro-abortion? Given Obama’s long list of pro-abortion activities, including the reversal of the Mexico City Policy, appointments of extremist pro-abortions to high positions, and a recent recommendation to federally fund abortions in Washington D.C, how can anyone call him anything but pro-abortion?
