The president says: “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”

But, as has been said and apparently will continue to be said: There is no plan. It’s open to negotiation. Seems like a lot of cover from presidential responsibility. Who knows what those committeemen do with one bill or another. Who knows what happens in conference.

If you want an assurance, get the president to say: I will not sign a bill that expressly funds abortion or leaves open the option of federal money covering abortions …. Then we might be getting somewhere.