Barack Obama Quotes About Abortion

• Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.

  Barack Obama

  Muslim Faith, People, Abortion

• Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Teaching, Law

• No one is pro-abortion.

  Barack Obama

  Life, Choices, Abortion

• I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have seen year in and year out largely the Republicans voting against women's contraception, family planning.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Years, Two

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• There's no doubt that on the issue of abortion, oftentimes it's very difficult to split the difference, although we can agree on the notion that none of us are pro-abortion and all of us would like to see a reduction in unwanted pregnancies, for example, and we could focus on those issues.

  Barack Obama

  Pregnancy, Differences, Issues

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• The fact is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who, during his campaign, once said that it might be appropriate to apply the death penalty to those who carried out abortions.

  Barack Obama

  Abortion, Friendly, United States

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• The Democrats are using the human trafficking bill's language that's been there for 40 years, regarding the use of federal funds for abortion.

  Barack Obama

  Years, Abortion, Use

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, Issues, Abortion

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• They [ Respublicans] wanna argue the sensational which is about abort not certain cases of abortion, but the fact is it's a fundamental disrespect for women - women's judgment about the sizing and time of their families.

  Barack Obama

  Abortion, Disrespect, Fundamentals

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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