Pro-abortion politician to speak at Benedictine University

9/19/2004 - 6:01 AM PST

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Matt Abbott
Op/Ed

Once again, a pro-abortionist has been invited to speak at a supposedly Catholic institution. On October 5, 2004, Illinois Democratic senatorial candidate Barack Obama will speak to the students and guests of Benedictine University, located in Lisle, Ill.

Just how pro-abortion is Obama? Consider the following excerpt from a Sept. 1, 2004 column on IllinoisLeader.com by former nurse and noted pro-life activist Jill Stanek:

�For three years in a row I submitted the same testimony to Illinois Senate committees that were deciding whether to let the full Senate vote on the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.

�It was during those committee hearings that I first came face-to-face with state Senator Barack Obama, who functioned as either a member or the chairman, depending on the year and the committee.

�Each time I testified, I described to Obama and other members the death of a particular little girl who was aborted alive at Christ Hospital.

�The baby's death haunts me, because she might have lived with help. Her abandonment by medical professionals clearly demonstrated that wanted and unwanted babies are treated differently at delivery�.

�When Obama and his fellow Democrats voted against [the Born Alive Infants Protection Act] in committee that first year, I didn�t think they understood the magnitude of the 23-weeker�s death.

�So the next year along with my testimony I submitted a page from the neonatal textbook demonstrating the resuscitation of a baby about the same age as I described. I watched Obama look at those photos� before he voted no again�.�

Besides his 100 percent pro-abortion voting record, Obama also opposes a Constitutional Amendment banning homosexual �marriage.� (He has, however, claimed that he is not in favor of homosexual �marriage.� Only �civil unions,� you see.)

Benedictine University also has invited to speak Obama�s opponent, pro-life Republican Alan Keyes.

Wow. How nice that a Catholic institution actually invites a pro-life (and Catholic) politician such as Keyes to address its student body. Who would ever have thought such a thing could happen in this day and age?

Catholics who wish to express their concerns to Benedictine University about Barack Obama�s upcoming appearance there can e-mail wcarroll@ben.edu.

Also, I�d very much like to thank radio host Drew Mariani of Relevant Radio (www.relevantradio.com) for alerting his listeners to this situation, and for discussing on his program Loyola University Chicago�s decision to give an award to pro-abortion Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

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