Huffington Post: Obama Administration Silent On Abortion Amendment
Despite pledging during the presidential campaign to protect a woman’s right to choose, the Obama White House is refusing to weigh in on an amendment that represents perhaps the most restrictive anti-abortion measure introduced in a generation.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was pressed on four separate occasions to discuss the House of Representatives’ passage of legislative language that would restrict a private insurer’s right to cover abortions if they received public money — even from a separate pool. On each occasion, he punted. [more...]