Obama 2007: “Reproductive care” At the Center of My Health Plan!

by Stephan Tawney on August 20, 2009

Delicious on a day when, despite the Associated Press confirming that ObamaCare would fund abortions, The One is denying the whole story and labeling it a “distraction”. Anything that doesn’t directly help Barack Obama’s political aspirations is a “distraction”, as we all know by now.

Anyway, the video is from a 2007 speech to Planned Parenthood, so “reproductive care” doesn’t mean the same thing in that context as it would in just about any other. You would hear “reproductive care” and think about procedures and care necessary to care for the new baby and mother both before and after the birth. In the context of Planned Parenthood conferences and liberals addressing them, we’re talking about abortion.

Take note of the well-established euphemisms he (and the audience) uses to talk about abortion. From “reproductive care” to “essential services” to “safety net” to “access” and beyond. He even talks about insurance companies being forced to pay for abortions. And now The One wants us to believe that taxpayers won’t be forced to pay for abortions? Yeah, no.



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