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In reply to the discussion: 100 Reasons Why President Obama Is NOT The Same As President Bush [View all]sheshe2
(97,701 posts)Keep that thought with you, and the women in your life that you hold dear.

http://www.barackobama.com/womens-issues/

Bush did this~
Bush's Measures to Undermine Abortion Rights
In October 2002, the Bush administration issued final regulations specifically making fetusesbut not pregnant womeneligible for health care coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The rule short-changes the health care needs of poor expectant womennot all prenatal care is covered by making fetuses eligible. The new designation is just one of the many Bush efforts to elevate the legal status of fetuses over that of women.
Bush proclaimed January 20, 2002 "National Sanctity of Human Life Day" in a proclamation that not-so-subtly likened abortion to terrorism. The proclamation stated: "On September 11, we saw clearly that evil exists in this world, and that it does not value life. Now we are engaged in a fight against evil and tyranny to preserve and protect life."
As a presidential candidate, Bush criticized the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone (also known as RU-486, or the "abortion pill"
, and in 2001, as president, he supported FDA re-evaluation. Now he wants to appoint right-wing religious activist Dr. David Hager, who is working to overturn the FDA's approval of mifepristone, to the FDA's influential Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee.
Bush supports the Reagan-era
http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/roe30/record.html