[WASHINGTONTIMES] President B.O. has canceled plans to deliver a keynote address at Planned Parenthood's...has received federal funding since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed into law the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act. It is sometimes described as the gynecololgical wing of the Democratic party.
annual fundraising dinner Thursday night after critics decried his high-profile role at the abortion rights group amid new concerns about the brutality of illegal forms of abortion.
White House front man Jay Carney announced the decision to cancel the keynote speech at the gala during his daily press briefing with news hounds Wednesday. He attributed the schedule change to Mr. Obama's desire to spend more time at a memorial service in Waco, Texas, for family members of the victims of the fertilizer plant kaboom.
Mr. Carney said the president will still address Planned Parenthood and its supporters Friday morning. Still, the shift to a lower-profile address at a more low-key morning event, rather than an evening gala fundraiser, is significant.