President's
Faith-Based
Group Fails to Mention Abortion
No follow through on campaign promises of reducing abortions in
advisory meeting.
President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships presented policy recommendations to him today – notably
missing: Any mention of the life issue.
Pro-life groups had hoped to hear the council's plan to reduce
abortions. CBN White House Correspondent David Brody said that did not
happen.
"This council, in essence, basically punted the abortion question down
the road," he said.
Brody said the council has attempted to take a pass on the hot-button
issue.
"This council did have the discussion on abortions," Brody added. "It's
just that they felt they needed to push that off a little bit more to
the Domestic Policy Council."
Ashley Horne, federal issues analyst with Focus on the Family Action,
said Obama missed an opportunity.
"The president said he wanted to reduce the need for abortions," she
said. "So, that topic would have been a natural fit for this group.
It's one more strike against a president who, so far, has catered only
to the pro-abortion agenda."
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