05/04/2004: "Republican, Catholic and Pro-Abortion = free ride?"

This opinion article makes the point that while many conservative Catholics are quick to jump down Democrats throats for their Pro-Abortion stances (like John Kerry), they seem to shy away from Repulbicans in the same boat. He explicitely mentions Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York Governor George Pataki and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

While the tone of the opinion is somewhat biased the other way, I have to agree with his point. There is a little hypocracy going on here. The only thing I can think of that contradicts this issue is that as Republicans, they'll be working with and being checked by lots of other Republicans who are pro-life. If the Pro-Abortion Republican wants to keep his Republican friends, he/she's going to have to carefully watch their step when voting on Abortion related issues. On the other hand, a democrat with the same mindset will have a blank check to continue supporting abortion. I think this is particularly important for the executive branch.

On the other hand, since many of the other issues that the Catholic Church supports are more Democrat friendly, one could argue that Catholics should be willing to give a Pro-Choice democrat a little more breathing room on the Abortion issues.

In any case, I think we all ought to be careful not to be hypocritical and rebuke ALL who stand for the murder of innocent children, whether their political offiliations are Democratic, Republican, Green, or otherwise.