Abortion bailout: Obama urged to back public funding
WASHINGTON (BP)--More than 60 abortion rights groups have signed a 55-page report to President-elect Obama urging him to include abortion coverage in any national health care plan and to help roll back dozens of pro-life laws, including bans on taxpayer funding of abortion and partial-birth abortion in what one pro-life group says would amount to an "abortion bailout."
The report -- posted at Obama's transition website Change.gov -- is a sort of "wish list" by abortion groups for the incoming administration. Among its signatories are the American Civil Liberties Union, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The report is lengthy but begins with 15 items the groups hope Obama prioritizes in the first 100 days. The groups titled their report "Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration."...