For the third time in less than six months, the issue of abortion threatens to kill health care reform. The initiative is fragile enough without abortion, yet more and more it’s becoming clear that abortion is the one, final issue that must be resolved if Democrats are to succeed. But this time, there’s much less legislative wiggle room than before and Democrats are scrambling to figure out what, if anything can be done.
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