President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday pledging that no federal funding will be used for abortion under the new health bill. "The order had been demanded by a key bloc of antiabortion Democrats as the price for their support for the health bill that narrowly passed the House Sunday night," The Associated Press/The Boston Globe reports. "Since then it has been criticized by abortion opponents who say it has no actual impact other than restating restrictions on abortion funding already in the law...
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