If an executive order can limit guns, can it also restrict abortion rights?

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92. "Have Presidents always had this power but declined to use it?"

Seriously?

"Executive Orders Signed by George W. Bush - 262, EOs 13198 - 13466 (17 July 2008)
Executive Orders Signed by William J. Clinton - 364, EOs 12834-13197
Executive Orders Signed by George Bush - 166, EOs 12668-12833
Executive Orders Signed by Ronald Reagan - 381, EOs 12287-12667
Executive Orders Signed by Jimmy Carter - 320, EOs 11967-12286
Executive Orders Signed by Gerald Ford - 169, EOs 11798-11966
Executive Orders Signed by Richard Nixon - 346, EOs 11452-11797
Executive Orders Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson - 324, EOs 11128-11451
Executive Orders Signed by John F. Kennedy - 214, EOs 10914-11127
Executive Orders Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower - 486, EOs 10432-10913
Executive Orders Signed by Harry S. Truman - 896, EOs 9538-10431
Executive Orders Signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt - 3,728, EOs 6071-9537

Revoking An Executive Order
In 1988, President Reagan banned abortions at military hospital except in cases of rape or incest or when the mother's life is threatened. President Clinton rescinded it with another executive order. A Republican Congress then codified this restriction in an appropriations bill. Welcome to the Washington, D.C. merry-go-round.

Because executive orders relate to how one president manages his executive branch team, there is no requirement that subsequent presidents follow them. They may do as Clinton did, and replace an old executive order with a new one or they may simply revoke the prior executive order.

Congress can also revoke a presidential executive order by passing a bill by a veto-proof (2/3 vote) majority. For example, in 2003 Congress unsuccessfully attempted to revoke President Bush's Executive Order 13233, which had rescinded Executive Order 12667 (Reagan). The bill, HR 5073, did not pass."

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/presidenc1/a/executive_order.htm