Freddy, I love flan, but people who don't usually don't because of the texture. Although I have never heard it described quite as...colorfully as you did!
Lali, the change Obama made regarding "abortion" was to restore funding to clinics that previously had to close due to being forbidden to mention or give out any information about abortion to their clients. This included ALL clients - rape victims, high-risk pregnancies, everything. They were not permitted to even breathe the word "abortion" no matter what the circumstance...even if it was a medically viable option. It was effectively a gag order - blackmail, if you will. Many of the clinics closed because they could not, in good conscience, withhold vital information from a patient.
Trouble was, most of these clinics were not "abortion clinics" per se - they were general health clinics which also provided birth control and advice/treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. I personally think that this hurt many more people than it helped...people who might have gotten treatment for AIDS, or for any other STI, young women who needed contraception and yes, girls and women who could have used some solid information about abortion. Not to mention other health services provided.
We cannot and should not impose First World rules/morality on Third World countries. The situation in many cases is desperate there...and closing clinics because they informed patients of a certain (legal) procedure was simply wrong, IMHO.
I am very pleased with Obama's decision.
C_G, I also find his cabinet choices...interesting. As I said on another thread, I think balance is important in politics...and he sure has chosen a wide variety.