Obama at Notre Dame: Rhetoric Does NOT Match Obama Abortion Policy on Steroids

So, President Obama spoke at Catholic Notre Dame University’s commencement yesterday and spoke “nice” to the pro-life crowd. But, do his abortion policies match his rhetoric?

But Obama has disappointed some anti-abortion Catholics with decisions as president that they view to be at odds with his more tempered language on abortion, such as lifting the ban on federal funding for overseas clinics that offer abortion counseling and reversing the Bush administration’s ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.

One of the protesters at Notre Dame, Jill Stanek, an anti-abortion blogger who did not support Obama, said the president’s speech sounded eerily familiar.

“It was just a regurgitation of things he’s said for a long time,” Stanek said. “He’s so good at expressing your point of view, so people are lulled into thinking he agrees with them, and he doesn’t. It’s just so typical Barack Obama.”

Obama rarely strayed into the substance of the debate Sunday, steering clear, for instance, of any explanation of why he reversed George W. Bush’s policy on stem cell research.

Hell No.

And, what about Catholic physicians, nurses and hospitals that do NOT perform abortions? Will their careers and/or funding be cut off?

Will doctors be forced to leave the profession or leave hospitals if they refuse to perform abortions?

He did pledge to “honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion” as he seeks to rewrite a Bush-era “conscience clause” designed to protect health-care workers who refuse to participate in care they believe conflicts with their personal beliefs. Women’s health advocates and abortion rights supporters say it creates a major obstacle to family planning and other treatments.

Greg Mueller, a Republican consultant who works with anti-abortion groups, said Obama’s language Sunday doesn’t match a president that he sees as strongly pro-abortion rights.

“He might have called for toning down the rhetoric but his abortion policies are tuned up on steroids,” said Mueller. “Even considering the revocation of the conscience clause puts Catholic hospitals, Evangelical and Catholic pro-life doctors and nurses in a very tough spot career-wise – this is another example of President Obama’s rhetoric not matching his policies.”

The President said in his speech about reaching “common ground.”

Flap will beleive it when he sees it.