Barack Obama signed an executive order late in the afternoon on Friday, January 23 to allow taxpayer funds to go to groups overseas that perform or promote abortions. To minimize press coverage, he signed the order in the absence of reporters and photographers, and the White House waited until 7:00 p.m. to issue a press release, in which the president said: “I have no desire to continue this stale and fruitless debate” on abortion. Many in the media praised Obama’s decision not to issue the order on January 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade as a kind gesture toward pro-lifers. A new Gallup poll shows that Obama may have had something other than the feelings of fragile pro-lifers in mind when he chose to bury the news of his executive order:
No wonder Obama wants to end the “stale and fruitless debate” on abortion. It’s a debate he’s likely to lose in the light of day.
