Ken Berwitz

Barack Obama's one-man crusade to prevent BAIPA (the Born Alive Infant Protection Act) from becoming law in Illinois is an albatross around his neck the size of an Airbus.

And it damn well should be.

As readers of this blog know, BAIPA was created to protect children whose mothers wanted them aborted, but were born alive anyway.  Plainly and simply, the law says that if a child - even an unwanted child - is born alive, it has the full protection of any other live child. 

BAIPA legislation was created because babies, whose "crime" was surviving an abortion attempt, were being left to die.  This is NOT a misprint or a typo.  It was actually happening.

And for years, as a member of the Illinois state senate, Barack Obama did his level best to keep them dying, by preventing BAIPA legislation from being enacted into law.

Once Mr. Obama was no longer an Illinois state senator the BAIPA legislation passed without any problem whatsoever.  Similarly, it passed in the pre-Obama US senate without even one "no" vote.  Not from Ted Kennedy, not from Barbara Boxer, not from anyone.

Until now, Mr. Obama's lame excuse was that he had been concerned that BAIPA would be used by pro-lifers to restrict abortion rights. 

You might wonder how that could be, since the act specifically applied to children outside the womb.  Me too.

Well here, courtesy of Michelle Malkin, is the proof that Barack Obama was lying when he said this.  That's right, Barack Obama was lying.

Take a look, read the "paper trail" link, and see the incontrovertible proof with your own eyes:

Obama’s abortion lies

That plain enough for you?  Barack Obama is lying about BAIPA. 

For years, live children were jeopardized.  An unknown number were left to die without care, because BAIPA legislation was not enacted.  And the reason it was not enacted was primarily because  Mr. Obama blocked it.

This is an issue that will not - can not - go away.  We deserve a real answer from Barack Obama about why he did this.  Not a lie to appease abortion advocates and make fools of us all.