URGENT MEMO

TO: American Catholics

FROM: CatholicVote.com
RE: Barack Obama on the Issues of Importance to Catholics

The following is a summary of the record and policy statements of Senator Barack Obama on the issues of life and marriage.
This memo is a non-partisan message, and does not endorse nor advocate the elect or defeat of any political candidate. We are
providing the following facts for your use as you see fit to educate voters on the candidates and the teaching of the Church in
these critical days prior to November 4.

Obama is undecided on whether life begins at conception.
Saddleback Church Forum Aug 16th, 2008
Obama voted against born alive protections for abortion
survivors four times.
http://www.bornalivetruth.org
Obama voted against a ban on partial-birth abortion in the
Illinois state senate.
Audacity of Hope written by Barack Obama
Obama has pledged to Planned Parenthood to sign The
Freedom of Choice Act, a law which would cancel every state,
federal, and local regulation of abortion, no matter how modest
or reasonable. It would even abolish all state restrictions on
government funding for abortions. Catholics that pay income
tax will be paying an abortionist to perform an abortion. It would
also abolish state laws that protect Catholic doctors and nurses
from losing their jobs if they refuse to participate in abortions.
It would abolish requirements for parental notification and
informed consent for mothers who consider the procedure. –
Obama speech to Planned Parenthood, July 17, 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf0XIRZSTt8
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/FOCA/FOCA_FactSheet08.pdf
He is endorsed by pro-Abortion industry leader Planned
Parenthood and has a 100% NARAL voting record.
http://www.naral.org/elections/statements/obama.html
http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/campaigns/barack-
obama-endorsement-111.htm
Obama would repeal the Mexico City policy, which bars federal
funding for international nongovernmental organizations
involved in abortion-related services and would pit the US
against the Vatican on the international fight against abortion.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
He strongly supports the 1973 Supreme Court decision on
abortion rights and says he will oppose any constitutional
measure to overturn it.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
Obama has pledged to choose Justices with a Pro Abortion
agenda and he voted against Roberts and Alito.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
Obama voted no on notifying parents of minors who get
out-of-state abortions and prohibiting minors crossing state
lines for abortion.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
Obama supports the destruction of embryos for experimenta-
tion and voted to expand research to more embryonic stem cell
lines.
http://obama.senate.gov/press/070411-obama_renews_su/
He voted yes on $100M to fund contraceptives for teens and
sponsored bill providing contraceptives for low-income women.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
Voted no on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP a
program that gives funds to states in order to provide health
insurance to families with children.
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/15942
He opposed the federal marriage amendment in 2006 and also
favors repealing the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which gives
a state the right not to recognize same-sex marriages
performed in another state.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php

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