Planned Parenthood Defends Obama

Planned Parenthood defends Barack Obama's record on sex education after a nasty John McCain ad suggesting the Democrat supports teaching kindergartners about sex. In an ad, they say that Obama was helping children protect themselves from sex offenders, while McCain seemingly doesn't care.

"Every eight minutes a child is sexually abused," the narrator says. "That's why Barack Obama supported legislation to teach children how to protect themselves. Now John McCain is twisting the facts and attacking Senator Obama. Doesn't McCain want our children to protect ourselves from sex offenders? Or after 26 years in Washington, is he just another politician who will say anything to get elected?"

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John McCain and Women's Health

The Worst of John McCain

Planned Parenthood speaks out:

John McCain is ardently anti-choice — he wants to make abortion illegal and overturn Roe v. Wade. These positions put him out of step with mainstream voters and will hurt him in the general election.

However, as NPR reported on February 2, 2008, many Republican voters incorrectly believe that Sen. McCain supports abortion rights.

That’s why Planned Parenthood is educating voters about John McCain’s anti-choice record.

AMERICA HAS A PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY

• A recent poll found that 62 percent of voters support Roe v. Wade, with 64 percent of independent voters supporting Roe v. Wade.
• Based on the same poll, by a 20-point margin, voters believe abortion should be legal (57–37); among independent voters, that margin increases to 26 points (59–33).
• McCain received a zero percent rating from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the lowest rating in the U.S. Senate.

“Sen. McCain believes government has the right to interfere with the most personal and often the most difficult decisions affecting a woman's health. Most Americans believe just the opposite and, as more voters realize Sen. McCain’s ardent anti-choice position, this will be an issue for him in the general election.”
— Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Action Fund

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