IN THE ABSENCE OF LEGISLATION YOU GET RULEMAKING:

Obama's Surprise Abortion Move (Dana Goldstein, 7/16/10, Daily Beast)

As President Barack Obama heads off to vacation in Maine, yet another interest group is furious with his administration. Feminist organizations say Obama has stepped beyond the letter and spirit of the new health-care reform law by banning abortion coverage in a new insurance program for people with pre-existing conditions.

Reproductive rights advocates spent the earlier part of the week advocating for expanded access to birth control under the law and say they are shocked by the development, which pushes abortion back to the center of the debate. “We are deeply disappointed,” Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said in a statement.