White House at odds with bishops over abortion (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 11/20/2009 - 2:45am

Sen.<br /><br />Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, greets a crowd of supporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, during a health care reform news conference.<br /><br />Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. is at left, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. is at center.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.




 

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