If you define pro-life as supporting life from conception with no exceptions, and pro-choice as everything else, than nearly 90% of Catholics are pro-choice.
I'm inclined to agree with that definition ideologically, but I don't think it works politically, as people who think abortion should be legal in the first trimester will be valuable…
If you define pro-life as supporting life from conception with no exceptions, and pro-choice as everything else, than nearly 90% of Catholics are pro-choice.
I'm inclined to agree with that definition ideologically, but I don't think it works politically, as people who think abortion should be legal in the first trimester will be valuable allies in areas where abortion is currently legal through all 9 months.
If we want politicians to build coalitions that cater to ideologically pro-life people, we need to get more of them.
If you define pro-life as supporting life from conception with no exceptions, and pro-choice as everything else, than nearly 90% of Catholics are pro-choice.
I'm inclined to agree with that definition ideologically, but I don't think it works politically, as people who think abortion should be legal in the first trimester will be valuable allies in areas where abortion is currently legal through all 9 months.
If we want politicians to build coalitions that cater to ideologically pro-life people, we need to get more of them.