Marc Ambinder at the The Atlantic reports Democrats and the White House have been in discussions on whether Obama could sign an Executive Order which would “clarify” federal policy on funding abortions in regards to the Dem’s Healthcare reform legislation.

From The Atlantic:

The White House and Democratic leaders have discussed whether an executive order by President Obama clarifying federal policy on funding abortions might be used to mollify pro-life Democrats, still wavering less than 24 hours before the scheduled vote on health care reform legislation. Late yesterday, talks between the leader of the faction, Bart Stupak, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office broke down after pro-choice Democrats made it clear that they would not support a separate vote to add anti-abortion language to the bill itself.

Ambinder, in his piece, failed to clarify just what the executive order would entail. More from Life News:

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Apparently unable to find enough votes for the pro-abortion Senate health care bill and with talks breaking down on how to allow Rep. Bart Stupak a vote on some sort of motion or bill to stop abortion funding, Democrats appear to be relying on a potential executive order to corral more votes for the bill.

The idea is to promise an executive order from President Barack Obama to stop the massive abortion funding and promotion in the Senate measure.

And,

“It should be noted that all of the problems listed in the NRLC letter — with the possible exception of no. 5 (pro-abortion administrative mandates) — would be created by and controlled by the proposed statutory language of H.R. 3590,” Douglas Johnsn of National Right to Life told LifeNews.com. “If the bill is signed into law, these statutory requirements and defects are not subject to correction or nullification by the chief executive or his appointees, whether by Executive Order, regulation, or otherwise.”