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I am perplexed. In what sense has the President asked the Pope to
pressure the Bishops to embrace some moral norm? As I understand it, the
United States Catholic Conference, with one voice, rejects the moral propriety
of killing unborn children (abortion). Are there known dissenters from
this historic (going all the way back to the Didache) respect for human
life?
Who knows exactly how the conversation went?
Suppose the Pope's deputy simply asked the question, given your familiarity
with the American people and the American situation, and understanding the
highly prized role for discretion in actually making such a decision, what
impact would a directive to the American Bishops of this sort have on the
struggle to restore the historic (going all the way back to the Fleet Street
commentaries on the law) legal respect for the rights of the unborn child?
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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