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07 Jul 2008 04:53 pm

Obama's Abortion Positioning

Kate Michelman and Frances Kissling, feminist Obama supporters, write against the Democratic party advocating an abortion reduction program, but suggest other actions:

We need not wait for either the Democratic convention or the election to move forward on reducing the need for abortion. Two perfectly good bills are languishing in Congress. One, the Prevention First Act, was introduced by Sen. Clinton; the other, the Reducing the Need for Abortion Initiative by Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Rep. Tim Ryan, a pro-life Democrat. These bills need to move forward and perhaps be consolidated. (The Clinton bill does more for family planning, and the Ryan-DeLauro bill more for women who want to continue pregnancies.) Sen. Clinton is in a perfect position to make that happen, and we will work with her on that goal. Moving these bills before the election will give us a yardstick by which to measure members of Congress' commitments to meeting women's needs while recognizing their rights.

Barbara O’Brien parsed Obama's shift on abortion over the weekend, while Ramesh Ponnuru looked at his clarification yesterday.

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