By JAKE TAPPER, KAREN TRAVERS, SUNLEN MILLER and DEVIN DWYER
Nov. 9, 2009
President Obama said today that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend.
"I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a health care
bill, not an abortion bill," Obama said. "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.
Saying the bill cannot change the status quo regarding the ban
on federally funding abortions, the President said "there are strong
feelings on both sides" about an amendment passed on Saturday and added
to the legislation, "and what that tells me is that there needs to be
some more work before we get to the point where we're not changing the
status quo."
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