2008 Presidential Candidates: On Abortion
Rob ChambersNot much has been said about abortion on the campaign trail lately, but as election time draws nearer, each candidate will increasingly seek disparity on many issues. Abortion is one of those issues. Lately, McCain has been more verbal on his abortion views, whereas Obama has been less so. When Obama has spoken to the issue of abortion, it has mainly been in the presence of pro-abortion advocates like NARAL and Planned Parenthood who both support Obama because of his pro-choice position. (By the way, the SBC passed a resolution at the 2008 SBC convention calling for US Congress to defund Planned Parenthood). McCain, on the other hand, who has recently been more vocal about this issue, has stated that he is against abortion but is for embryonic stem cell research which involves the killing of an unborn baby (adult stem cell research does not). Read more about it here .