Even if the ONLY reason he did something right was because he saw the writing on the wall.
There may be even more writing on the wall concerning life issues. One of my biggest fears was that FOCA would sail through Congress and be signed by goulish Obama. It looks like that prospect is less likely. The pro-life movement has a lot power, as evidenced by the following article from late last November:
FOCA's effects seen as dire, but chance of it passing considered slimIt looks as though the dems don't have the votes to ram this through, even though they have solid majorities. They feel the heat from us. We have many struggles ahead of us, but they are winnable.