There is one guaranteed way to lose my vote in the upcoming elections. There are many other issues that I will waiver on, compromise on, but I join with Rev. John Piper when I state - the support of abortion by a candidate excludes them for me as a potential option, just as if they supported the murder of children or adults for any specific reason. Here are a number of quotes (pulled from a Focus on the Family newsletter) from several prominent politicians revolting against the forbiddance of partial-birth abortion by the Supreme Court.
Partial-birth abortion occurs when a mother carries her child to full term and as the baby is coming out of the mother, sharp devices are used to cut into the child's neck, enter the brain, and swish around its brain until the child is dead.
It is worth noting that while I have traditionally been more conservative in my political views, I am by no means a "die-hard" Republican and will seriously consider endorsing a Democratic or Independent candidate in the upcoming elections. The fact that most of these politicians are Democrats does not indicate a bias in me against Democratic candidates (though I did have such a bias in the past) but rather that this party has as a whole endorse this sort of execution of children.
These quotes are in support of partial-birth abortion:
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)
"This decision marks a dramatic departure from four decades of Supreme
Court rulings that upheld a woman's right to choose and recognized the
importance of women's health. Today's decision blatantly defies the
Court's recent decision in 2000 striking down a state partial-birth
abortion law because of its failure to provide an exception for the
health of the mother. As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade
in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and
lives of women must be taken into account. It is precisely this erosion
of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the
nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito."5
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
"I
strongly disagree with today's Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically
departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant
women. As Justice Ginsburg emphasized in her dissenting opinion, this
ruling signals an alarming willingness on the part of the conservative
majority to disregard its prior rulings respecting a woman's medical
concerns and the very personal decisions between a doctor and patient.
I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state
legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman's right to
choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for
other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women."6
Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.)
"I
could not disagree more strongly with today's Supreme Court decision.
The ban upheld by the Court is an ill-considered and sweeping
prohibition that does not even take account for serious threats to the
health of individual women. This hard right turn is a stark reminder of
why Democrats cannot afford to lose the 2008 election. Too much is at
stake—starting with, as the Court made all too clear today, a woman's
right to choose."7
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Republican Presidential Candidate Rudolph Giuliani's positions on this matter seem to change with time, or at least to be less clear than desirable.