claim: barack obama voted against "born alive" legislation in illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law."
author: national right to life committee
evidence_1: feb 24, 2012 ... on june 30, 2008, carol costello examined the evidence for "the situation  room" with this introduction: "some are calling barack obama a baby-killer  because of a bill he voted down while he was in the illinois state senate. it was  called the born-alive infant protection act and it's come back to haunt him.
evidence_2: aug 23, 2012 ... that president barack obama was the only member of the illinois legislature to  not support a bill to provide medical care for newborns who survived failed ...  obama, as a member of the illinois senate, opposed a state version of the federal  born-alive infants protection act, a measure that would make sure ...
evidence_3: oct 9, 2008 ... summary: an independent group attacks barack obama for his votes on "born  alive" abortion laws in illinois. ... abortion laws. obama has said as far back as  2004 that he would have supported the federal bill and that he would have  supported the illinois versions if they had had a similar neutrality clause.
evidence_4: aug 21, 2008 ... at issue is an illinois bill in 2003 called the born alive infants protection act that  mr. obama voted against, which was modeled on federal legislation enacted the  previous year ... after the state bill was changed to be almost identical to the  unanimously passed federal law, mr. obama voted against it. cnn ...
evidence_5: aug 24, 2012 ... when the left is labeling pro-lifers as "extremists," they're distracting away from  one very sinister fact: president barack obama supports infanticide. during his  time in the illinois senate, obama voted against the born alive act, a bill that  requires doctors to give care to babies who survive abortions.