Protecting Life
- Posted by Barack Obama on June 25th, 2008 filed in Barack Obama, Protecting Life
Pledges to withdraw all combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months. Opposes an abortion ban. In 2005, voted to expand health services and education to reduce unintended pregnancy. Wants to guarantee paid maternity leave, leave for parents with sick children, and affordable daycare. Supports the death penalty. Authored a death penalty reform bill in Illinois ensuring all interrogations and confessions are videotaped.
