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...The National Organization for Women declared Sunday night that Obama's commitment to abortion rights is "shaky at best" and said his willingness to sign the order demonstrated that "it is acceptable to negotiate health care on the backs of women."
For the activist groups, overheated rhetoric is part of the fundraising game. A threat to their core agenda can help them raise enormous amounts of money from their members and supporters. NOW declared Monday that it would launch an effort to repeal the Hyde
Amendment, the more than three-decade-old annual budgetary provision that Obama affirmed.
As Galston notes, the president's decision to sign the order did not drive a single pro-choice lawmaker to vote against it, suggesting that the substance of the letter was less important than its symbolic value...
...House Republicans responded, saying the executive order would not have the authority to implement its own abortion language.
"The law of the land trumps any Executive Order, which can be reversed or altered at the stroke of a pen by this or any subsequent President without any congressional approval or notice," House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a statement. "Moreover, while an Executive Order can direct members of the executive branch, it cannot direct the private sector."
Outside groups on both sides of the abortion divide do not appear poised to support an agreement between the two Democratic camps. The National Right to Life Committee and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops each issued statements rejecting the notion of using an executive order as a bulwark against taxpayer dollars being used to fund abortion services. ...
How come the right didn't complain about this?
Look - Obama's issued an executive order:
Executive Order 13535 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How dare he act like a dictobama!
Why didn't the right wing notice this before?
The order was signed after an agreement with pro-life Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak, who had said he and several other pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives would not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act* unless the Bill's language prohibiting federal funding of abortions was strengthened. Executive Order 13535 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How come the right didn't complain about this?
Because theyre inconsistent partisan hypocrites.
The executive order was condemned as ineffective by major pro-life organizations, including the Susan B. Anthony List,[5], the National Right to Life Committee,[5] the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,[6] Family Research Council,[7] the American Family Association,[8] Focus on the Family,[8] and Americans United for Life,[9] among others. The organizations said executive orders do not carry the full force of law and can be rescinded at any time by any administration.[8] They also said the fact that an executive order was needed proves that the health care law did fund abortion.[8] The National Right to Life Committee said the executive order did not correct seven provisions in the law they identified as objectionable.[10]
Look - Obama's issued an executive order:
Executive Order 13535 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How dare he act like a dictobama!
Why didn't the right wing notice this before?
Look - Obama's issued an executive order:
Executive Order 13535 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How dare he act like a dictobama!
Why didn't the right wing notice this before?
His mother should have had an abortion.
Oh, wait, she did!
