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During the Saddleback Forum, while campaigning for the Presidency, in response to the query, “At what point does a baby get human rights?”, Barack Obama responded, “Answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade.”

If I were confronted with a delicate question that I felt I were unable to answer because it exceeded my competence, I would remain neutral in regard to that question and not attempt to tinker with it, or the machinery surrounding it.  Not so Barack Obama.

From my perspective, President Obama’s response to the question was disingenuous and deceptive.  Had Obama answered the question truthfully, it seems to me that his response would have been, “I don’t care.”  Obama’s record in the senate votes show him favoring abortion 100%.

What I find truly astonishing about President Obama’s election, is the fact that approximately 98% of black voters voted for him.  In spite of the fact that his support of abortion supports a practice that disproportionately affects Blacks.  Over 1,200 Black abortions occur daily in the United States.

More to the point, black women constitute approximately 13 percent of the female population, ages 15 to 44 in the United States.  This group undergoes approximately 36 percent of all abortions performed in the U.S. each year.    * (statistics referred to available at the www.blackgenocide.org website)

Abortion has killed far more Blacks than the Ku Klux Klan ever lynched.  And this is a practice that President Obama supports absolutely!  While Obama evaded responding to the question of when a baby gains human rights, he had no problem at all promising his unwavering support for Planned Parenthood, giving them his promise to keep abortion legal and to sign the Freedom of Choice Act.  Should this act become law, it would remove existing restrictions on abortion (e.g. on partial birth abortions).  It would also seriously compromise and/or remove conscience clause provisions protecting medical personnel from participating in practices they find morally or ethically objectionable, and, in effect, impose upon every American Citizen President Obama’s opinion that abortion is a fundamental right that women are entitled to.

President Obama would do this, despite the findings of a recent poll conducted by Harris Interactive, and sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which found the following results to reflect the opinions of the citizens he represents:

• That 72% of those surveyed strongly support/somewhat support that abortion providers inform women of potential risks to their health posed by abortion, and about alternatives to abortion.
• That 59% of those surveyed support laws requiring giving parents the chance to be involved in their minor daughters decision to seek an abortion.
• That 58% of those surveyed support laws that protect doctors and nurses from being forced to perform, or refer patients for, abortions against their will.
• That 53% of those surveyed were against partial birth abortion.
• That 47% of those surveyed were in favor of laws that prevent the use of tax payer funds for paying for abortions.

While Mark Twain once defined the three greatest lies as being the lie, the damn lie, and the statistics, there remains value nonetheless, in surveys as a barometer for measuring public opinion.  Where abortion is concerned, a majority of the public clearly does not support unrestricted access to abortion, which will be the result of the Freedom of Choice Act.

U.S.A Today on Thursday, January 22, 2009 printed a letter from Debbie Adkins of Roanoke Virginia, in which Ms. Adkins wrote, “I did not vote for a black President.  I voted for the man who I am sure can get us back to where we as Americans belong.”  While Ms. Adkins claims she did not vote for a black President, it is very obvious that 98% of black voters did.

In his inaugural speech, President Obama said that people will “Judge on what you can build, not what you can destroy.”  In the context of his speech, this observation was reference to terrorists, and terrorism.  However, I would assert it applies equally to President Obama’s position on abortion, which does not reflect the feelings of the majority of Americans he now represents, nor does it amount to a victory for the Blacks who voted for a black President, who, by his own actions, is a greater threat to his own people than White’s ever were, or ever will be.

Michael Anthony Wachter

mwachter452002@gmail.com

Let me state for the record that I think abortion is wrong. In my life experiences, I have come to the conclusion that God will separate any couple that aborts their unborn child. I have seen this happen many times. It is my own personal opinion and theory, but I feel strong enough about it to share with others.  In spite of this, I am pro-choice. I do not believe another human being has the right to tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her body. Abortion is a lousy method of birth control. Education is the answer. Investment in sex education and providing condoms and other methods of birth control by the state governments would greatly decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and births in  this country. We do not need to revert to the days of the coat hanger and rudimentary abortion methods that an impoverished and desperate pregnant woman would attempt in a society that oppresses and condemns. 

Persia Monir

Abortion may seem like an odd topic for Porn The Vote to address and pursue.  However, simply because society sees the Adult Industry as morally and ethically bankrupt, does not mean it is.  The central idea behind Porn The Vote is to determine and set our own bar, as an Industry, to reach for and challenge the assumptions that negatively portray the Adult Industry.  This can be done.  Porn the vote will do it.

It seems to me that when our society legalized abortion, it began to effectively commit suicide.  As well as, arguably, murder.  History demonstrates that empires decay and fall as a result of two factors.  The first is widespread corruption.  The second is immigration.

Since the legalization of abortion, a progressive depopulation has become apparent.  Very few nations today have birth rates that would be at replaceable level.  For example, birth rates in Spain and Italy are down to 1.1 children per couple.  To halt the trend of population decline as it currently exists, every young couple in Italy would have to have 4 children in order to break even with zero population growth.  This is not going to be possible.  Adding to this vacuum, increasing immigration to Italy is occurring, and the vast majority of these immigrants are Albanian North African and Middle Eastern Muslims.

In short, while Western Civilization commits suicide in part by legalized abortion, a quiet invasion into Italy of Muslims via immigration occurs.  The end result?  Eventually Italy will become an Islamic State.  It is estimated that by 2050, France will be an Islamic Nation.  Western Civilization as we know it will, if not cease to exist, be radically restructured and diminished.

Obvious causes like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the soaring costs for fuel and the ensuing escalation in the price of basic foodstuffs play a part in America’s current predicament.  However, I would argue that our depleted population play a large part in our economic woes, and this dynamic has been completely ignored by our media and politicians.

I am not a pro-choice advocate.  Frankly, I feel abortion is wrong.  So yes, I may be biased and lack abstract objectivity.  However, I do believe that life begins at conception.  When the Roe court handed down its decision in 1973, natal technology was rudimentary compared to current technologies available.  For example we now can view 3D ultrasounds and observe fetuses touching their faces, opening their eyes, even smiling.  I can only conclude that alertness and some degree of conscious exists in fetuses.  It is during these developmental stages of the fetus in which abortions are routinely conducted. 

While abortion advocates are claiming that the termination of a fetus does not constitute murder, a conflict arises with this assertion under criminal law which currently exists.  Specifically, criminal law holds that if a person murders a pregnant woman, and her unborn child also dies, the criminal will be charged with two counts of murder.

It seems to me that a critical contradiction now exists between voluntary abortion and the homicide of a pregnant woman.  The end result for the fetus is still the same, and I would maintain that both occurrences constitute murder.

If a pregnant woman is murdered while entering an abortion clinic and the fetus she was carrying dies as well, this death becomes homicide.  How can this be?

This blog is an attempt to frame the issue of abortion in fresh terms, and different perspective.  Pro-Life advocates, which I proudly am, generally base their arguments against abortion on an Evangelical Christian base.  Rather than use religion to support the position I’ve taken, I feel rational, logic based points will invite more inclusive debate on the issue.  I believe abortion has much further consequences than society recognizes.

I look forward to seeing and reading your responses to this blog, and I invite your proposals and ideas for practical alternatives for abortion.  What would you suggest to our state and nationaly elected Representatives that could be proposed and enacted as a program or law which would make a difference?  How can we, together, Porn The Vote?

Michael  Anthony Wachter

mwachter452002@gmail.com