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The Associated Press: Obama to sign promised executive order on abortion
Whether current law is sufficient to ban federal funding for abortions is up for debate. However this executive order either reinforces that or it gives additional protections sought by those who do not wish funding for this procedure to occur.
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No real comment on this, except I wonder if its being kept private out of concerns that Biden can't keep his mouth shut :mrgreen:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order Wednesday reaffirming long-standing restrictions on federal funding of abortion.
Whether current law is sufficient to ban federal funding for abortions is up for debate. However this executive order either reinforces that or it gives additional protections sought by those who do not wish funding for this procedure to occur.
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he order is part of an agreement with Democratic abortion opponents in the House that brought them over to Obama's side and pushed the health care bill over the top.
Obama has invited members of the Democrats' anti-abortion bloc, including its leader, Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, to the private afternoon signing at the White House.
No real comment on this, except I wonder if its being kept private out of concerns that Biden can't keep his mouth shut :mrgreen: