Mr Meban claimed Sinn Fein was uncomfortable with the issue, but that younger members wanted a change in abortion policy.
Sinn Fein Dublin TD Dessie Ellis has made no secret of his personal view that the party's abortion policy doesn't go far enough to allow for choice.
The Department of Health also said Mr Hunt had expressed his own opinion and the government's policy on abortion was clear.
While the choice revolves around a number of issues (such as health care, abortion, gay marriage and foreign policy), the economy is the factor looming large in the minds of most voters.
This worrisome predilection has only been whetted by the failure at Copenhagen, and we can anticipate far more activity in 2010 and beyond, not only on climate change but in a host of areas traditionally considered "domestic" policy (such as abortion, firearms control and the death penalty).
The American government's views on abortion are expressed in the Mexico City Policy, which was re-introduced by Mr Bush in 2001.
"I want my party to stand for something, " he said, complaining that his colleagues failed to toe the party platform line on issues such as international policy, gun control and abortion.
The Dutch Health Minister, Els Borst, said the decision to allow Women on Waves to give out the abortion pill was in line with government policy regarding the sexual independence of women.
So the version of the health bill that was passed by the House would have required those who wanted abortion coverage to buy a completely separate insurance policy.
Mr Bush also said he would restore Ronald Reagan's policy of denying federal money for the promotion of abortion abroad.
Meanwhile, Gary Bauer, on leave from the Family Research Council, disapproves of the administration's Balkan strategy but, in proposing a foreign policy that supports human rights and the banning of abortion, is anxious not to be seen as a Buchanan-style isolationist.
He sent out a mailer in October criticizing Giuliani on his support for abortion rights, and he repeatedly hammers his rivals for lacking foreign policy and military experience.
The party is a fractious coalition of groups that coalesce every few years to fight elections: they include foreign-policy hawks, isolationists, social conservatives (such as anti-abortion groups and gun lobbies) and fiscal disciplinarians.
Regardless of how one feels about abortion or birth control (or even how one feels about religion), this is a bad policy.
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Halfway through his third hamburger, the conversation turned toward foreign policy and national security issues, topics of discussion that McCain clearly prefers over issues such as abortion or homosexuality.
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All three main parties at Westminster say the issue of abortion is one for each MP's conscience, rather than one where there is a party-wide policy.
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