Creative Minority Report makes fun of the WashPost/Newsweek blog On Faith (“one of my favorite sources of comedy on the internet”) and its ridiculous Catholic blogger Anthony Stevens-Arroyo for claiming Nancy Pelosi has demonstrated that she is more pro-life than William Donohue of the Catholic League: “for those keeping Pro-Life score, the round goes to Pelosi this week.” Read it, and read it again:
However, the logic here is clear, even if the political strategies are complicated. The principal cause of abortion is unwanted pregnancies. Programs that reduce unwanted pregnancies, therefore, also reduce the likelihood of abortions. Ironically, Ms. Pelosi’s stance was consistent with a desire to reduce abortions, while Dr. Donohue’s opposition was not. Both are thoughtful lay persons using different paths to implement Church teaching against abortion, but come to far different conclusions.
You can accuse Nancy Pelosi of a lot of things, but I think even she would reject the idea that she’s trying to “implement Church teaching against abortion.” Matthew Archbold’s best line in the post: “And as far as thinking Obama was a ‘mindless pro-abortion ogre’ — just for the record I’ve never accused him of being mindless.”





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