I am aware of that. Did you hear his explanation of it? It’s on one of the threads here — don’t know which one now.
Fred was part of a lobbying group, and was asked to do some research for a group that opposed not allowing women to be given full information about abortion. According to the papers filed, Fred did a total of 20 hours of work over an 18 month period. Don’t know about you, but that doesn’t seem like Fred had a burning desire to forward the client’s political agenda. He was simply gathering information for them, and contacted a couple of members of Congress. I think, according to the papers, he spent less than half the total time talking to members of Congress.
That original Executive Order went too far. It prohibited counseling on abortion, without a distinction between ethical counseling and unethical counseling. It was interpreted to mean that I, as a pro-life doctor, couldn’t counseling *against* abortion while a Family Medicine resident at a public hospital and clinics. (However, I could very carefully explain the law that prohibited me from counseling.)(grin)
Remember, limits on free speech can cut both ways.