How come the government could subsidize private insurance that covered abortion before the EO and now it cannot?
The entire point of this arguement is that accepting Stupak's original arguement as valid, Congress wasn't silent on the issue and allowed for abortion funding. Making the EO moot. Hell if we accept Oerdin's arguement that the Senate bill already banned abortion funding, the EO is still moot. It was an attempt to let Stupak save face with his constituents which backfired for him.