The most radically pro-abortion American president ever, Obama, had to know that he would tick off his pro-abortion base.
He doesn't care. He knows the pro-abortion crowd will vote for him. He has to worry about all American voters. Obama needs to win over Middle America.
So, the "I don't want [my daughters] punished with a baby" president supports Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' sudden reversal, deciding to block the Plan B morning-after pill from being available on drugstore shelves.
From the Associated Press:
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary's decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms.
"As the father of two daughters," he said, "I think it is important for us to make sure that we apply some common sense to various rules when it comes to over-the-counter medicine." The president spoke the morning after his administration stunned major doctors' groups and women's health advocates with the decision.
Plan B is a pill that can prevent pregnancy if taken soon enough after unprotected sex. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled scientists at the Food and Drug Administration who were preparing to let Plan B sell without a prescription to people of any age. Sebelius decided that young girls shouldn't be able to buy the pill on their own, saying she was worried about whether 11-year-olds would know how to use it properly.
Obama said Sebelius made that decision on her own. But he said he thought she was worried about young girls experiencing harmful side effects, saying "I think most parents would probably feel the same way.
For now, Plan B will stay behind pharmacy counters, available without a prescription only to those 17 and older who can prove their age.
Sebelius' decision is "medically inexplicable," said Dr. Robert Block of the American Academy of Pediatrics, one of a number of major medical groups that contends over-the-counter access to emergency contraception would lower the nation's high number of unplanned pregnancies.
Pediatricians say the morning-after pill is safe—containing a high dose of the same female hormone that's in regular birth control pills—especially compared to some existing over-the-counter medicines.
"I don't think 11-year-olds go into Rite Aid and buy anything," much less a single pill that costs about $50, added fellow AAP member Dr. Cora Breuner, a professor of pediatric and adolescent medicine at the University of Washington.
Instead, putting the morning-after pill next to the condoms and spermicides would increase access for those of more sexually active ages "who have made a serious error in having unprotected sex and should be able to respond to that kind of lack of judgment in a way that is timely as opposed to having to suffer permanent consequences," she said.
Obama talks about common sense, something the pro-abortion crowd lacks.
He knows he will suffer no election year consequences whatsoever because of his support for his administration's decision.
It makes sense for him to limit access to the morning-after pill.
Obama isn't kidding anyone by hiding behind Kathleen Sebelius' alleged authority. She's following his orders.
Obama is doing what he believes will help him politically.
That's what this decision is all about.
If he had solid approval numbers and if he weren't up for reelection and if Americans weren't in such dire straits economically, Obama would be praising the decision to let anyone grab the morning-after pill off a drugstore shelf like a Q-tip.
We know he doesn't want kids "punished with a baby."
The thing is he wants to be reelected more, looking out for #1.
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