"I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill. And we're not looking to change what is the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not used to subsidize abortions," Obama told ABC News on Monday. "And I want to make sure that the provision that emerges meets that test -- that we are not in some way sneaking in funding for abortions, but on the other hand that we're not restricting women's insurance choices."
Obama promises to strip abortion limitations from national health care reform, but claims he doesn't want to change the status quo. Maybe I'm crazy here, but isn't he saying two different things in the same breath?
He wants to get rid of the amendment that says abortions will not be federally funded/insured, which is in keeping with "the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not to subsidize abortions."
At the same time, he is lobbying the senate to remove the amendment so as to "not restrict women's insurance choices." What choices exactly?
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