Will Obama Mention Abortion in Healthcare Speech?

By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country

Will President Obama say how he attempts to resolve the battle over abortion coverage in his address to Congress tonight? Conservative Catholic League President Bill Donohue is positive he won't:

Will President Obama mention abortion tonight? Not a chance. Abortion is perhaps the most divisive moral issue in America, and because the president wants to force the taxpayers to pay for abortion (it would be covered in the public plan), he is not going to go near it. The manly thing to do would be to address it head-on....

The rational thing to do would be to drop abortion from the health care bills and support conscience rights for health care workers. Then the bishops would come back to the table. The president could take the opportunity tonight to do so. But he won't. He won't because he is inextricably tied to the most radical segments of the abortion industry. If I am wrong, I will be glad to say so tomorrow.

If this is the president's moment to regain control of the healthcare debate on his own terms, doesn't he have to address the abortion controversy?

What's your prediction? Will he, or won't he?

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