My pal from across the street passed on a FoxNews.com commentary by former Congressman Martin Frost (D-Texas). Frost begins with a solemn recounting of a recent moderate study of abortion trends, but decides to get quippy near the end on “morning after” pregnancy remedies:

Plan B prevents pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of sexual activity. Some religious conservatives have opposed it, even though in most cases it prevents fertilization of an egg and there is no abortion. This is the crowd that must believe that conception occurs when they take Cialis. And so we have the situation that abortion is widely practiced in this country by people of all religious persuasions, many of whom are religious conservatives, and our government is taking action that could actually result in more abortions rather than fewer.

My pal wrote in to note that even Frost acknowledged that Plan B doesn’t cause an abortion “in most cases.” That’s enough to be objectionable to staunch pro-lifers. But Wendy Wright and Concerned Women for America have also put forward studies that suggested pregnancies do not go down when Plan B is available without a prescription.

Cracks about the ignorance of religious pro-lifers are a little at odds with another Frost column for Fox, titled “Dems Must Regain Faith of Religious Voters.”