White House Divide-and-Conquer-Stupak-Bloc Strategy

It seems clear that the White House is trying to divide the Stupak group, and provide another fig leaf for some of them. Let's hope it doesn't work. If the Stupak group really wants to prevent funding of elective abortions, the only way to do so is by passing a Hyde-like amendment into law. Anything short of that would almost surely lead, in time, to direct federal funding of abortion-on-demand.

By James C. Capretta