Ramesh Ponnuru notes Here’s how the Obama campaign responded to a questionaire about funding abortion:
Obama does not support the Hyde amendment. He believes that the federal government should not use its dollars to intrude on a poor woman’s decision whether to carry to term or to terminate her pregnancy and selectively withhold benefits because she seeks to exercise her right of reproductive choice in a manner the government disfavors.
Kmiec:
Again, “mandate coverage for abortion on demand”? This has never been Senator Obama’s position
Regardles of whether or not the FOCA were to be signed into law by Obama, the senator said during a Q & A session after a speech to Planned Parenthood that he would:
