With Trump, we are not in a 'pro-life moment': Distinctly Catholic:
MGB: I disagree with MSW. This is the ultimate pro-life movement moment. Being pro-life has nothing to do with ending abortion - which is best done through giving parents enough money to raise their children through high school. It is about winning elections by marginalizing Democrats (or goading them to marginalize themselves, as Clinton did on Partial Birth Abortion, which she should have just said is a matter of law, not debate). The movement really did sell Trump to Catholics as anti-abortion and they bought it. For the movement, that is success. Whether Gorsuch turns out to be Scalia rather than Roberts and Kennedy is to be seen - although I suspect the latter is true. GOP presidents usually appoint two pro-Roe Justices for each that write opinions saying it should be repealed. The odds are not on their side.
I will say one thing for Trump, on jailing women, he told the truth. You can't jail doctors for abortion without jailing those who order one. Truth hurts.
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