 Can you be pro-life and support Senator Obama? The answer - upon even a moment's reflection - is unequivocally yes.
Welcome to Pro-Life, Pro-Obama, an online resource, created by Pro-life supporters of Senator Barack Obama.
Barack Obama's life has been one dedicated in service to the needs of others.
We are all called to build a culture of life - but
there's more to it than just hoping that the next Supreme Court justice
somehow deals with Roe v. Wade. A bad economy is threatening to human
life. Women facing the moral tragedy of abortion - are facing it, now,
today - and they need a supportive community and tangible help, not
condemnation.
As Ronald Reagan's legal counsel and as a dean and
professor at Catholic University and Notre Dame, I have worked to put
the law on the side of life where it belongs.
But after 35 years, a new approach is needed. Too many
unborn lives are being lost as we wait for judges to get it right.
Barack Obama's strengthening of support for prenatal care, health care,
maternity leave, and adoption will make the difference. Studies confirm
it.
We are but a few weeks away from a new beginning in America.
I am inspired by what Senator Obama calls "the
promise of America -- the idea that we are responsible for ourselves,
but that we also rise or fall as one nation in the fundamental belief
that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. That's the
promise we need to keep."
It is because of the hope of this promise, that I have written Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question About Barack Obama.
While especially aimed at Catholic citizens, the book and the material
here are devoted to opening every heart and mind to the prospect of
transcending the partisanship on these difficult issues.
That is the change we need right now. And it is within our grasp.
Thank you for visiting this site and we look forward to being in touch,
Douglas W. Kmiec
Douglas W. Kmiec holds the endowed
chair in Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University. Prior to that, he
was dean and St. Thomas More Professor of Law at Catholic University of
America in Washington, DC. He also served as Assistant Attorney General
in the Office of Legal Counsel under Presidents Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush. He is author of the new book, Can A Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question About Barack Obama.
* The views and statements expressed by
Professor Kmiec are personal and are not intended to represent the
views of Pepperdine University or any other institution.
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