Obama Gives Choice A Pass

Here's an intersting (meaning "infuriating") bit of analysis from the Guttmacher Institute. President Obama's new budget fails to address any of the current anti-choice policies currently in place, including the Hyde Amendment.
On abortion rights, however, the president is taking a pass. There can be little doubt that the fact that health care reform legislation remains in limbo has something to do with that—with the options on an ultimate compromise on abortion coverage ranging from terrible to horrible. Also tied up in health care reform is the fate of two other key provisions: one to make it easier for states to expand eligibility for family planning under Medicaid and a second to establish new funding for home visiting programs for low-income first-time mothers. [Emphasis mine.]
More here.

Remember how we were all told we just had to vote Dem, because who else was going to protect Roe v Wade? Yeah, okay.

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