How will Americans like paying for abortions through Medicare? If they won't, they won't like Obama's commitment to repeal the Hyde Amendment and sign the Freedom of Choice Act. Many Americans don't want abortions, period - they certainly won't want to pay for them (though some states do use Medicaid money to pay for abortions, but not all by any means). Other Americans say ok to choice, that it is a woman's right to do with her body and unborn baby as she sees fit - but they may still not want to PAY for the termination of the baby. Obama says it will be for the poor, who can't afford an abortion. Well, they may have to learn from the expense that abortion is not a means of birth control that makes economic sense. Aside from the poor, you can bet that new people groups would take advantage of any funding like this.

I don't know why McCain isn't talking about this issue more - it is a direct intrusion into America's moral rights - our right to distance ourselves from this deplorable practice. The Hyde Amendment needs to be left intact - as it covers the conditions of rape and incest. People may not agree with even those conditions for abortion, but at least it is a boundary.

-Jack