Two days after the Stupak-Pitts Amendment passed, President Barack Obama made a statement that appeared to accept a ban on abortion funding in health care reform.
"I laid out a very simple principle, which is, this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill, and we're not looking to change what is the principle that has been in place for a very long time, which is federal dollars are not used to subsidize abortions." (Obama to ABC News, 11/10/09)
However, most people did not notice what he said next, perhaps because it was couched in language so cryptic and coded that they assumed it also affirmed the amendment...
