Obama and abortion, part II

Obama on why he did not support the bill:

"It would essentially bar abortions because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this was a child then this would be an anti-abortion statute," Obama said in the Senate's debate in March 2001.

This is where abortion supporters start tying themselves into knots over the abortion issue. If it's not a child, then what is it? Why would it be a child if the mother wanted it?

I'm going to try to get a copy if this bill to see what it actually says.