Obama is planning to overturn Bush's executive order that limits funding for hospitals that don't comply with a federal law that protects doctors who refuse to perform abortions. Federal law allows doctors to refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds. Bush's order says that if the hospital disciplines these conscientious objector doctors it will lose funding. Obama says he believes doctors should have the right to refuse to provide abortions, but thinks this law goes too far.
So what he's saying is, he doesn't mind having a law on the books to protect doctors who refuse to perform abortions, he just doesn't want it to be enforceable.
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