Word: vetoes
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...less than 1% of the 1.6 million pregnancies that ended in abortion last year. Only about one-quarter of those women -- roughly 4,000 -- were poor enough to qualify for Medicaid payments. Though Bush is hinting that his position is negotiable, he is on record as promising to veto the measure, a gesture to the pro-life groups he has been courting since he switched to their camp after joining the Reagan ticket...
Democratic leaders in Congress acknowledge that they do not have the votes to override a presidential veto. But Senate majority leader George Mitchell urged Bush to reconsider, pointedly recalling his vacillating stands on the issue. "The President has already changed his position on abortion once, in 1980," Mitchell observed dryly. "He can do so again." Democrats might even prefer a veto. After being outmaneuvered in recent weeks on tax cuts and the American flag, they relish the prospect of watching Bush explain why he rejected federal help for poor women facing a horrible predicament. "This isn't about teenagers getting...
Bush last week said he was looking for "room for flexibility" on the issue and did not wish "conflict" on abortion--an issue that has been troublesome for him throughout his political career. But this week he hardened his stand and promised the veto...
...Brock Adams, (D-Wash.), said Bush's promise of a veto was "unconscionable" and would "cause enormous additional suffering" for poor victims of rape or incest...
...president has told us he will veto this bill because he won't accept language that allows poor rape and incest victims access to abortions," he said. "I'm sorry the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, has chosen to veto this bill...and thereby cause enormous additional suffering for some of the world's most unfortunate and powerless victims...