Washington D.C., Nov 17, 2009 / 03:11 am
White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod has suggested that President Obama will intervene to alter the Stupak Amendment in health care legislation, claiming that it changes the “status quo” on abortion. A leader of a pro-life Democratic group told CNA in response that the Stupak Amendment is itself the status quo.
In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Axelrod said that President Obama does not think the health care bill should “change the status quo as it relates to the issue of abortion.”
“This shouldn't be a debate about abortion. And he's going to work with Senate and the House to try and ensure that at the end of the day, the status quo is not changed,” he continued.
Axelrod said that the issue “can and will” be worked out before the bill reaches his desk.