US bishops are not really that interested in forming consciences

US bishops are not really that interested in forming consciences
The Bishops are not only partisan, they are wrong about both the law and politics. Roe is going nowhere. Passage if the Partial Birth Abortion Act was the golden opportunity to get rid of Roe. Roberts, Kennedy and Alito disagreed. Roberts and Alito are still there, Scalia is still dead and he and Kennedy were replaced by two Kennedy proteges.

The Court will never surrender the final US bishops are not really that interested in forming consciences over abortion rights, or any other civil rights, to state legislators, nor should they. No evolving political consensus will ever change that. In June, June v. Gee will make this obvious.

Neither Trump nor Pence will be on the ballot in November. No Republican will win. The only political way to reduce, if not end, abortion is not to go after women or try to impose a misogynistic ideal of sexual purity on the culture. Doing so is a rejection of Dignitatis Humanae, which the majority of bishops don't seem to like (nor did St. John Paul).

The path forward is the path the GOP will never take, a middle class income of $1000 per month per child refundable tax credit. Even without abortion, the bishops should be for that. It is the only road to make protecting the unborn the preeminent issue. The consciences the bishops need to change are their own. The option they now favor, relecting Trump, is unconscionable.

The war on women began with Augustine's Confessions. Humanae Vitae marked the beginning of the end. It is time to surrender and ordain them to the priesthood.