There was no way Obama could have gotten abortion legalized in Congress; he didn't have the power, and there just wasn't enough consensus on the issue to get su

There was no way Obama could have gotten abortion legalized in Congress; he didn't have the power, and there just wasn't enough consensus on the issue to get such a law passed. Abortion has long been a huge wedge issue in America; there's simply not enough political will to legalize it at the federal level, and it doesn't look like there will be in our lifetimes. Too many voters adamantly oppose it for this to happen. Even if you somehow got a slim Democratic majority to pass such a law, as soon as the GOP has a slim majority, they'll repeal the law, or shut down the government to try to force it.