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What is the Freedom
of Choice Act?
Senator Barbara Boxer, co-sponser of the bill, has said: "The Freedom
of Choice Act supercedes any law, regulation or local ordinance that impinges
on a woman’s right to choose. That means a poor woman cannot be denied the
use of Medicaid if she chooses to have an abortion." In other words,
state governments and the federal government would be mandated to fund
abortion with taxpayer money.
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This bill would
effectively cancel every state, federal, and local regulation of abortion, no
matter how modest or reasonable. It would even, according to the National
Organization of Women, abolish all state restrictions on government funding
for abortions. If Obama becomes president and lives up to this promise, then
everyone who pays income tax will be paying an abortionist to perform an
abortion.In making this promise, Freddoso writes, Obama is promising:
- to abolish state laws that protect doctors and nurses from losing their
jobs if they refuse to participate in abortions
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- to abolish
requirements for parental notification and informed consent for mothers who
consider the procedure
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Freddoso also notes:
Obama is one of the very few pro-choice advocates who accepts no restrictions
on late-term abortions, or any kind of abortions. I could find no instance in
his entire career in which he voted for any regulation or restriction on the practice
of abortion. David Freddoso (The Case Against Barack Obama) elaborates on
what this bill entails:
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