N.D. Protest: How DARE Notre Dame honor Barack Obama.

President Obama & Abortion

Obama = AbortionFrom the time of his election, on through his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama has proved himself to be the most pro-abortion president in American history.

Such a shameful record of disregard for the sanctity of life professed by the Catholic faith should disqualify him from being honored by a Catholic university like Notre Dame—as the teaching of the Church and public statements by dozens of bishops make perfectly clear.

  • November 5, 2008: Obama selects pro-abortion Representative Rahm Emanuel as his White House Chief of Staff. [More Info]
  • November 19, 2008: Obama nominates pro-abortion former Senator Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services Secretary. [More Info]
  • November 20, 2008: Obama adds former NARAL legal director Dawn Johnsen to his Department of Justice Review Team and later appoints her Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel. [More Info]
  • November 24, 2008: Obama appoints Ellen Moran, former director of the pro-abortion group Emily’s List, as his White House communications director. [More Info]
  • November 24, 2008: Obama puts former Emily’s List board member Melody Barnes in place as his director of the Domestic Policy Council. [More Info]
  • November 30, 2008: Obama names pro-abortion Senator Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. [More Info]
  • December 10, 2008: Obama selects pro-abortion former Clinton administration official Jeanne Lambrew as deputy director of the White House Office of Health Reform. [More Info]
  • December 10, 2008: Obama transition team publishes memo from dozens of pro-abortion groups listing the actions they want him to take. [More Info]
  • January 5, 2009: Obama picks pro-abortion Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as the Democratic National Committee chairman. [More Info]
  • January 6, 2009: Obama chooses Thomas Perrelli, the lawyer who represented Terri Schiavo’s husband Michael, as the third highest attorney in the Justice Department. [More Info]
  • January 22, 2009: Obama releases statement reiterating support for Roe v. Wade, the decision that has allowed 50 million abortions since 1973. [More Info]
  • January 23, 2009: Obama overturns the Mexico City Policy, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions abroad. [More Info]
  • January 26, 2009: Obama nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, James B. Steinberg, advocates taxpayer funding of abortion. [More Info]
  • January 29, 2009: Obama nominates pro-abortion David Ogden as Deputy Attorney General. [More Info]
  • February 12, 2009: Obama nominates pro-abortion Elena Kagan to serve as Solicitor General. [More Info]
  • February 27, 2009: Obama starts the process of overturning pro-life conscience protections put in place by President Bush. [More Info]
  • February 28, 2009: Obama nominates pro-abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to become Secretary of Health and Human Services. [More Info]
  • March 5, 2009: The Obama Administration shuts out pro-life groups from attending a White House sponsored health care summit. [More Info]
  • March 9, 2009: Obama signs an executive order allowing taxpayer money to fund embryonic stem cell research. [More Info]
  • March 10, 2009: Obama creates a new foreign policy position for women’s issues filled by abortion advocate Melanne Verveer. [More Info]
  • March 10, 2009: Obama reverses an executive order calling for research into obtaining embryonic stem cells without harming human life. [More Info]
  • March 11, 2009: Obama creates a new agency known as the White House Council on Women and Girls, led by abortion advocate Tina Tchen. [More Info]
  • March 11, 2009: Obama administration officials at the United Nations deny the negative effects of abortion and advocate an unlimited right to abortion. [More Info]
  • March 17, 2009: Obama names pro-abortion federal judge David Hamilton to serve on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. [More Info]
  • March 20, 2009: The White House announces that President Obama will give the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. [More Info]
  • March 26, 2009: Obama announces $50 million for the UN Population Fund, which is closely tied to the Chinese forced abortions program. [More Info]
  • April 15, 2009: Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security labels pro-lifers potential terrorists. [More Info]
  • April 22, 2009: Obama administration’s Food and Drug Administration changes policy to allow 17-year-old girls to obtain Plan B contraceptive pills without a prescription. [More Info]
  • April 27, 2009: Obama’s women’s ambassador Melanne Verveer praises Obama’s decision to send $50 million to the United Nation’s Population Fund. [More Info]
  • May 5, 2009: Details emerge about a terrorism dictionary the administration of President Barack Obama put together in March. The Domestic Extremism Lexicon calls pro-life advocates violent and claims they employ racist overtones in engaging in criminal actions. [More Info]
  • May 8, 2009: President Obama releases a new budget that allows the Legal Services Corporation to use tax dollars to pay for pro-abortion litigation. [More Info]
  • May 8, 2009: President Obama’s new budget calls for taxpayer funded abortions in the nation’s capital. [More Info]
  • May 8, 2009: President Obama’s budget eliminates all federal funding for abstinence-only education. [More Info]
  • May 15, 2009: Obama appoints pro-abortion New York City health commissioner Thomas Frieden as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [More Info]
  • May 17, 2009: During his commencement speech at Notre Dame, Obama deceives listeners into thinking he wants a conscience clause, promoted embryonic stem cell research and misstated his pro-abortion record. [More Info]
  • May 26, 2009: Appoints appeals court Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court nominee. Sotomayor agrees that the courts should make policy, such as the Roe v. Wade case. Sotomayor is later opposed by pro-life groups and supported by pro-abortion groups and those who know her say she will support abortion on the high court. [More Info]
  • June 10, 2009President Obama disbands the President’s Council on Bioethics and ordered the committee to cancel a planned meeting in order to assemble a committee more to his liking. [More Info]