{"id":122,"date":"2009-06-08T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T19:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/obamas-prolife-appointment.html"},"modified":"2009-06-08T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T19:30:44","slug":"obamas-prolife-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/obamas-prolife-appointment.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Pro-Life Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>When President Obama announced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the_press_office\/ObamaAnnouncesWhiteHouseOfficeofFaith-basedandNeighborhoodPartnerships\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Neighborhood Partnerships<\/a>&#160;many wondered if he was serious when he made abortion reduction one of the main goals. &#160;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Today&#039;s news seems to indicate that he meant it&#8230;just read this&#160;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2009\/06\/president-obama-appoints-antiabortion-pro-obama-catholic-to-senior-health-position-causing-controversy.html\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama Appoints Anti-Abortion Catholic<\/a><\/p>\n<div>or<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/06\/obamas-pro-life-appointment---.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama&#039;s Pro-Life Appointment on Beliefnet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When President Obama announced the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Neighborhood Partnerships&#160;many wondered if he was serious when he made abortion reduction one of the main goals. &#160; 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