Obama: Banning late-term abortion shows 'contempt' for 'the Constitution,' assaults women's rights

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Obama: Banning late-term abortion shows 'contempt' for
'the Constitution,' assaults women's rights

By Ben Johnson
LifeSiteNews.com
Monday, June 17, 2013

Washington, D.C., June 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) �
President Barack Obama has announced that, if Trent
Franks' bill to restrict late-term abortion nationwide
passes, he will veto it.

In a Statement of Administration Policy, the president
called the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"
(H.R. 1797) "an assault on a woman's right to choose" and
said it shows "contempt for...the Constitution."

"The administration strongly opposes H.R. 1797, which
would unacceptably restrict women's health and
reproductive rights and is an assault on a woman's right
to choose," he said. "This bill is a direct challenge to
Roe v. Wade and shows contempt for women's health and
rights, the role doctors play in their patients' health
care decisions, and the Constitution."

He contended his administration is working to "minimize
the need for abortion" by "expand[ing] access to
contraception," a reference to either the HHS mandate or
his decision to allow the abortifacient Plan B to be sold
over the counter to minor girls without a prescription.

Just last week, White House spokesman Jay Carney refused
to answer a reporter's question about the president's
view of the abortion ban, saying on that Obama "has been
absolutely clear about where he stands."

A written statement deprives the media of a soundbyte of
the president or his spokesman's own voice supporting
late-term abortions.

A recent poll shows that the American people support the
bill's criteria by a wide margin, 64 percent to 30
percent.

The president has also been aloof in addressing the
crimes of "house of horrors" abortionist Kermit Gosnell,
whose practice of infanticide inspired the bill.

Obama was asked about Gosnell on the Today show in April,
but he declined, saying he does not comment on ongoing
trials.

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway wrote in USA Today that, since
the trial has ended, Obama should be asked to comment on
the convicted murderer's actions. Thus far, no media
outlet has taken her up on it.

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