While I commend you on taking the president to task on FOCA and holding him accountable for his broken promise to women, I have to make two observations.

First, given his misogynistic attacks against Hillary and Sarah Palin during the campaign, is it really that surprising to see his dark side fully unmasked?

At pretty much every turn, the man lied and was called on it by the right, yet his staunch supporters brushed it all under the rug. He smeared Clinton and Palin, while the media -- along with many women's organizations, in the case of Palin -- not only defended him, but basically made the case that his female rivals weren't really women. When we can't even count on members of our own gender to admit that Palin is a shining example of the fruition of the women's rights movement (a woman who succeeded in her profession without sacrificing her role as a mother), then those organizations have essentially and effectively sold out to those who would make second-class citizens of us.

So, I'm sorry... but I'm not surprised that Obama is caught in yet another lie and betrayal of the people who supported him. It's unfortunate for all of you here that you're the ones betrayed -- and by extension, all women, whether we supported him or not are also betrayed -- because he decided to play politics with our uteruses, as you put it.

This man, regardless of his words in that press conference, doesn't have a principled or moral stance on the issue, and you need look no further than his legislative history in Illinois, where he was more than willing to allow fetuses which survived abortion to die without any medical treatment rather than allow them to be adopted out. In short, he doesn't have a consistent stand on the issue, unless consistency is measured in lies and broken promises.

Second, what do you intend to do about his betrayal? After all, you can talk all you want about how he's let you down, but if you continue to support him and his ilk, you'll merely get more of the same.

You're right that women's reproductive rights should be their business and no one else's -- not the government's and not society's. It's a matter between the woman, her doctor, and her conscience. Period. If that's what you want, then you need to see to it that you put your political support behind politicians who will pass FOCA into law. No, it won't fix everything, but as you said, it's a start.

On the flip side, you shouldn't press the government to provide the funds to pay for your abortion. (Not that I'm suggesting you or your site advocates that, but that is an argument I hear from the left.) If you can't pay for an abortion, don't expect government to pick up the tab...

In short, we all need to agree that moral choices should be left to individuals, rather than governments, which means government should support the rights of individuals to make their own moral choices, rather than place impediments blocking their way. FOCA is certainly the means by which we keep government out of our uteruses, but the likelihood of its passage just got a heckuva lot more difficult. Barry, "It's the very first thing I'll do when I take office" won't help you; so don't waste your time appealing to his sense of honor for he has none.

Its just pure cold-eyed and cynical calculation from the man who was hailed as the new Messiah. We tried to warn people.

As the late, great John Belushi might have said: "But noooooooooooo. We were just racists who couldn't stand the thought of a Black Man in the White House."

Face facts. The Democratic Party owns you. Where else are you going to go? They want your votes. They sure want your money. But when the election is over they want you to shut the hell up because they aren't really going to *do* anything for you.

I would have thought Obama was playing it on the low down, you know, getting reproductive laws passed in a back door approach instead of the frontal assualt of the Foca. But with his talk about morals, gotta say, it stinks, stanks, stunk.

You are right the only way to end the to and fro of abortions rights between liberal and conservative administrations is to pass the Foca. I am deeply disappointed in Obama, and I campaigned for the guy.

Obama says he has "a task force" working with both prochoice and prolife groups. Is it too much for him to keep his promise to support the Freedom Of Choice plan?.

just found this link
http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=10357
for some mild rebuke.

"Message from Obama to women: The Democratic party holds the keys to your wombs and we like it that way. NO WAY will I, Obama rid the USA of the Hyde Amendment or allow Congress to bring forth a FOCA that will allow women lasting reproductive freedom. I, Barack Hussein Obama, find it very advantageous to punt women’s uteruses hither and fro, as this is what tethers women to the Democratic Party."

Yes, you have nailed it. Tim Kaine made me leary, but last night, puts the stamp on it. This guy thinks women are about as smart as grass.

Readers have requested a transcript of Obama on the FOCA from last night's press conf. Here you go!

QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. In a couple of weeks, you're going to be giving the commencement at Notre Dame. And, as you know, this has caused a lot of controversy among Catholics who are opposed to your position on abortion.

As a candidate, you vowed that one of the very things you wanted to do was sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which, as you know, would eliminate federal, state and local restrictions on abortion. And at one point in the campaign when asked about abortion and life, you said that it was above -- quote, "above my pay grade."

Now that you've been president for 100 days, obviously, your pay grade is a little higher than when you were a senator.

(LAUGHTER)

Do you still hope that Congress quickly sends you the Freedom of Choice Act so you can sign it?

OBAMA: You know, the -- my view on -- on abortion, I think, has been very consistent. I think abortion is a moral issue and an ethical issue.

I think that those who are pro-choice make a mistake when they -- if they suggest -- and I don't want to create straw men here, but I think there are some who suggest that this is simply an issue about women's freedom and that there's no other considerations. I think, look, this is an issue that people have to wrestle with and families and individual women have to wrestle with.

OBAMA: The reason I'm pro-choice is because I don't think women take that -- that position casually. I think that they struggle with these decisions each and every day. And I think they are in a better position to make these decisions ultimately than members of Congress or a president of the United States, in consultation with their families, with their doctors, with their doctors, with their clergy.

So -- so that has been my consistent position. The other thing that I said consistently during the campaign is I would like to reduce the number of unwanted presidencies that result in women feeling compelled to get an abortion, or at least considering getting an abortion, particularly if we can reduce the number of teen pregnancies, which has started to spike up again.

And so I've got a task force within the Domestic Policy Council in the West Wing of the White House that is working with groups both in the pro-choice camp and in the pro-life camp, to see if we can arrive at some consensus on that.

Now, the Freedom of Choice Act is not highest legislative priority. I believe that women should have the right to choose. But I think that the most important thing we can do to tamp down some of the anger surrounding this issue is to focus on those areas that we can agree on. And that's -- that's where I'm going to focus

Yes, Femisex you have been saying this for a while. And last night Mr. Obama made it very clear that he can do all sorts of things but not that thing that would really make change for women.
Keep up your music Femisex. Women will soon demand more than the eternal back and forth game of bodily freedom.