Obama Radio Ads Hit McCain on Abortion
New radio ads from Barack Obama are appealing to women that John McCain will make abortion illegal if he is elected President of the United States.
Democrats had, until now, sought to appeal to women primarily on economic issues such as health care and workplace discrimination; abortion rights were hardly mentioned at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last week. But women’s rights groups have been urging Obama to attack McCain on the issue, pointing to polling showing that some women who support McCain think he supports abortion rights. In fact, the Arizona senator has long supported a ban on abortions, with exceptions for victims of rape and incest, and for pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother. Palin has an even firmer anti-abortion stance: She would require rape and incest victims to carry their pregnancies to term.
The Obama camp sure is afraid of the women’s vote all of a sudden. A smart political move to place the ads on the radio attacking McCain, but John will have a hard time single handedly banning abortion.
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