Obama Hammers New State Abortion Laws
President Obama slammed state abortion restrictions Friday in a speech to Planned Parenthood’s national conference.
Obama criticized efforts at the state and federal levels to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood and roll back access to abortion.
When abortion-rights supporters see some of the proposed restrictions, “you want to check the calendar, you want to make sure it’s still 2013,” Obama said.
Obama criticized Republican governors’ attempts to limit abortion access — a trend that has gathered steam over the past few years as conservatives shift from requirements like parental notification to laws that set increasingly early limits on when a woman can receive an abortion.
“There’s nothing conservative about the government injecting itself into decisions best made between a woman and her doctors,” Obama said.
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