Barack Obama Would Take Back Vote Helping Terri Schiavo Avoid Euthanasia
Cleveland, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Senator Barack Obama debated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night and said his biggest mistake was voting with a unanimous Senate to help save Terri Schiavo. Terri is the disabled Florida woman whose husband won the legal right to starve her to death. In March 2005, just weeks before Terri died from a painful 14-day starvation and dehydration death, Congress approved legislation allowing her family to take its case from state courts to federal courts in an effort to stop the euthanasia from proceeding. Terri was not on any artificial breathing apparatus and only required a feeding tube to eat and drink. Her family had filed a lawsuit against her former husband to allow them to care for her and give her proper medical and rehabilitative care. The Senate unanimously approved a compromise bill, which the House eventually supported on a lopsided bipartisan vote and President Bush signed, to help the disabled woman. During the Tuesday debate, Obama said he should have stood up against the life-saving legislation. “It wasn't something I was comfortable with, but it was not something that I stood on the floor and stopped,” Obama said. “And I think that was a mistake, and I think the American people understood that that was a mistake. And as a constitutional law professor, I knew better,” he added. Full story at LifeNews.com.

Senate Approves Ban on Abortion Funding in Indian Health Care Bill
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate approved an amendment on Tuesday that would permanently prevent abortion funding at Indian health care service facilities. The amendment from Sen. David Vitter would codify a longstanding policy against funding of abortions with federal Indian Health Service (IHS) funds. The language of the Vitter amendment follows the Hyde amendment, which prohibits direct funding of abortion under Medicaid except in very rare cases when the mother is a victim of rape or incest or when the pregnancy threatens her life. The IHS bill has never carried the Hyde amendment and the bill funded abortions well after the Hyde amendment was first enacted in 1976. The Senate voted 52 to 42 for the Vitter amendment and pro-life Republicans relied on the support of several Democrats to approve it. “This is an important victory for the cause of life,” pro-life Sen. Sam Brownback told LifeNews.com after the vote. “In the midst of the national debate about abortion, we have come to some fundamental agreements. We should not be using American tax dollars to fund abortion," he added. ACTION: Contact your senators about their vote. See how they voted by going to this web site. Full story at LifeNews.com.

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Electoral College: Barack Obama Leads John McCain, Hillary Clinton Behind
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new survey of the electoral college math by LifeNews.com shows pro-abortion Democratic candidate Barack Obama would likely win the November presidential election against John McCain. However, McCain would appear to defeat Hillary Clinton if she became the Democratic nominee. Looking at the past two presidential elections and current and recent polling data in states across the country, numerous states easily fit into a Republican or Democratic category no matter which candidate represents the Democratic Party. Republicans begin with a 183 to 174 electoral advantage among states that will almost certainly go one way or the other. That's due to the strong support the party has in presidential contests in southern and western states. Analyzing the tossup states, polls show some appear to side only with either Democratic candidate or with McCain. McCain has leads over both Obama and Clinton in Florida and Missouri. Both Democratic candidates have a lead over McCain in Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. But the states the candidates split show Obama leading McCain and McCain leading Clinton. That's the case in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin. The result is Obama would defeat McCain by a 293 to 245 electoral vote margin if the election were held today. McCain would likely defeat Clinton by the same electoral vote count with those same six states changing to his column. Full story at LifeNews.com

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