Posted on March 16th, 2008 at 4:16 pm by Daniel Herbster
Sen. Evan Bayh Would Rather Call Pregnant Women “Children” Than Give Medical Coverage to the Unborn

Senator Evan Bayh claims to be pro-life. His Senate staffers have personally assured me that he is pro-life.

Why then, this past Thursday night, did Bayh vote against the Allard amendment which would have allowed unborn children to receive health coverage under SCHIP? He chose instead to support Senator Boxer’s convoluted amendment which absurdly categorizes pregnant mothers as “children” in a desperate attempt to aid pregnant mothers without having to suggest that the unborn are in fact children who should receive individual medical treatment.

That same evening Sen. Bayh voted against the Ensign amendment which set aside funds for the enforcement of the Child Custody Protection Act (CCPA). The CCPA prevents under-age girls from being taken across state lines “in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.”

Forgive me for being skeptical of the Senator’s pro-life credentials.

Does he think unborn children deserve medical treatment? Does he believe that parents have a right to participate in the health decisions of their minor daughters, particularly whether they should have an abortion? Is Sen. Bayh afraid of the radical pro-abortion lobby? Pro-life Hoosiers want to know.

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  1. While Evan Bayh isn’t a “kill ‘em all” pro-abortion pol, his record is 50% in favor of abortion. He did vote against partial birth abortion, so it shows that he is still in touch — somewhat — with Indiana.

    It’s interesting that he’d try to position himself as a pro-life pol in the Democratic party since he always seems to have plans to run for president. I don’t think the powers that be in the Democratic party would allow anyone who says that they are pro-life to even think about running for President.

    Posted by Chris on March 16th, 2008 at 10:47 pm |

  2. Sen. Birch Evan Bayh II says he’s pro-life…me think white man speak with forked tongue.

    Posted by Buzzy Whitlow on March 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am |

  3. I wouldn’t trust Evan Bayh to hold a principled position come hell or high water on anything.

    He’d be a perfect running mate for Hillary! since my feelings about her are pretty much ditto.

    Posted by Nathan Brindle on March 17th, 2008 at 12:01 pm |

   
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