There has been talk about President Obama signing an executive order that would reaffirm the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of public funds for abortion, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the woman's life.
And if you give me the money for a hamburger today, I will gladly repay you on Tuesday!
Executive orders can be rescinded. At any time. For any reason.
They are frequently canceled out when a new administration wishes to undo the mischief (or the progress) of the last president. Obama himself could do a "mea culpa" before the end of his term and explain that he was forced to do it, or it was expedient to do so for "the greater good" of health care "reform", and in an (what's the word they like to use about this president? Oh, yeah!)unprecedented move, he could rescind his own executive order. See? He could make history yet again!
Don't expect Obama, who twice voted for laws that were infanticide in everything but name, to give more than lip service to Hyde. And that, only temporarily until he gets what he wants.
I would hope that pro-life Democrats would be sophisticated enough to see that, though I hold out little hope.
If Obama signs an executive order reaffirming the Hyde amendment, don't look for anyone to carve that in stone. It will be written with a finger in the frost of the windshield of Obama's stretch limo. I don't need to tell you which finger.
Cross posted at Say Anything
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