Obama Made Same Abortion Comments To Pope And Planned Parenthood, Spok

[eagle_eye222001]

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Washington D.C., Jul 21, 2009 / 07:13 pm (CNA).- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said that President Barack Obama made the same comments to Pope Benedict XVI that he made to Planned Parenthood in 2007 concerning reductions in the numbers of abortions.

In a Monday conversation with CNSNews.com, the news reporter referred to President Obama’s visit to the Vatican, saying “he reportedly told the Pope that he would work to and do all he could to reduce the number of abortions.”

Gibbs then interrupted: “I think he said -- he said that in a speech to Planned Parenthood in 2007, so yes.”
During President Obama’s meeting with Pope Benedict earlier this month, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said, the president made a “very explicit” promise to work to reduce the number of abortions.

“The pontiff told me that President Obama affirmed his personal commitment to try to reduce the number of abortions in the United States,” Lombardi remarked, according to Vatican Radio.

Speaking to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in a July 17, 2007 speech as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, Obama criticized the U.S. Supreme Court Decision Gonzales v. Carhart and pledged to sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

[b]He also promoted a “common ground” approach to abortion in the context of promoting contraceptive use.[/b]
Speaking about a “moral component” to the prevention of disease and pregnancy, he said parents need to encourage young people to “show reverence towards sexuality and intimacy.”

“But even as we are teaching those lessons, we should never be willing to consign a teenage girl to a lifetime of struggle because of a lack of access to birth control or a lifetime of illness because she doesn’t understand how to protect herself,” he added. “That’s just commonsense. There’s common ground on behalf of commonsense—there we have an opportunity to move forward and agree.”

CNSNews.com also asked Gibbs whether reducing abortions would mean supporting an amendment by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that would prohibit federal funds going to abortion.

Gibbs responded by saying that he had not seen the Hatch amendment. He said the president believes current policy for Medicaid such as the Hyde amendment prohibits federal funding for abortions.

In the Obama administration’s view, Gibbs said, a medical benefit package is “better left to experts in the medical field to determine how best and what procedures to cover.”

On Fox News Sunday, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag said abortion funding would end up being “part of the debate” about the final health care bill.

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[quote]He also promoted a “common ground” approach to abortion in the context of promoting contraceptive use.[/quote]

It's common ground alright.

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[princessgianna]

[quote name='eagle_eye222001' post='1927596' date='Jul 21 2009, 11:01 PM']It's common ground alright. [/quote]

[Lil Red]

+J.M.J.+
[url="http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/07/abortion-common-ground-dissent-from.html"]American Papist[/url] has been exposing the lie of the common ground nonsense. most often, it requires Catholics to move closer to abortion advocates, and abortion advocates NOT to move closer to pro-life advocates.

[VoTeckam]

I read "common good" not "common ground." I was especially confused.

[Winchester]

Me, too.

[Didacus]

I keep wondering how long it will take until he is forced to admit being on the abortion side. Sooner or later his double-talk is bound to unravel.

However, with such a powerful political force 'covering his back', there's no telling how long that will take.

[XIX]

[quote name='Didacus' post='1929629' date='Jul 23 2009, 04:04 PM']I keep wondering how long it will take until he is forced to admit being on the abortion side. Sooner or later his double-talk is bound to unravel.[/quote]
Not necessarily.

Image trumps substance in today's world. Especially in politics and even on both sides of the aisle.

[tinytherese]

Some people somewhat worship him and are blinded to his flaws. My dad and aunt once were talking with each other and said that they were tired of the media "picking on him" because he really can't do wrong.

I mean come on the only flawless leader is God.

[Nihil Obstat]

Why does he caring about reducing the number of abortions if they're 'perfectly moral'... in fact a 'right'?

[CatherineM]

He is definitely a born politician.

[The Bus Station]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1929728' date='Jul 23 2009, 03:59 PM']He is definitely a born politician.[/quote]



I wish he had the backbone to stand for [i]something[/i] concrete.

[tinytherese]

Does he stand for anything other than "change?"

[zunshynn]

He plays basketball! He's the perfect president! He wants everyone to have money! Haters!

That was sarcasm.

[Didacus]

[quote name='zunshynn' post='1929795' date='Jul 23 2009, 06:04 PM']He plays basketball! He's the perfect president! He wants everyone to have money! Haters!

That was sarcasm. [/quote]

He's no hockey mom that's for sure.



In 'Brave New World' women purposely get pregnant to have an abortion for the better of their health.
With enough gibberish, I'm certain people can believe it.

[CatherineM]

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PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in American politics. Reporters and editors from the Times fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter. We’re also tracking more than 500 of Barack Obama’s campaign promises and are rating their progress on our new Obameter.

The Obameter
“I want you to hold our government accountable. I want you to hold me accountable.” — Barack Obama

“Okay, we will.” — PolitiFact

Tracking Obama’s promises

32 - Promise Kept

10 - Compromise

7 - Promise Broken

12 - Stalled

78 - In the Works

376 - No Action