1/19/2018

ABORTION/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump touted his administration’s anti-abortion record on Friday [1-19-18] during remarks that made him the first sitting president to speak via video feed to the March for Life gathering in Washington…
Trump’s video address heralding his administration for a series of anti-abortion decisions that have been made over the last year reached thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered on the National Mall.
Trump said his administration would continue to push for an anti-abortion agenda in the rest of his time in office…
Ahead of Trump’s remarks, Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services announced that the administration was rescinding an Obama-era Medicaid guideline that limited the way states could take action against medical providers that provide abortion services.
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs, told reporters that the Trump administration believes ‘it is essential to protect and defend the prohibition of Medicaid coverage from most abortion procedures.’…
President Donald Trump touted his administration’s anti-abortion record on Friday during remarks that made him the first sitting president to speak via video feed to the March for Life gathering in Washington.”

-Dan Merica, “Trump touts year of anti-abortion policies in Rose Garden speech,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Jan. 19, 2018 12:42pm