Obama, McCain differ greatly on abortion issue
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 8/17/2008 5:00:00 AM
Senator Obama (D-Illinois) told Pastor Rick Warren he was not sure when an unborn baby should be considered a human life worth protecting. "I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade," said Obama.
Obama contends he believes in Roe v. Wade not because he is pro-abortion, but because women do not make decisions about abortion "casually." He also suggested Americans can find common ground on ways to prevent "unwanted pregnancies."
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) on the other hand, strongly declared that he believes a baby is entitled to human rights at the moment of conception. "I have a twenty-five year pro-life record in the Congress, in the Senate and as president of the United States, I will be a pro-life president and this presidency will have pro-life policies," he stated. "That's my commitment. That's my commitment to you."
McCain also called embryonic stem cell research a "great struggle and a terrible dilemma" for the pro-life movement. And he acknowledged his support for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, which has put him at odds with many pro-lifers, but said he was "wildly optimistic" that skin cell research "will make this debate an academic one."
