John O'Callaghan on Catholics and Abortion Politics: SacredMonkeys

Expanding on a theme he articulated in a letter that appeared on this blog on May 20, Notre Dame Philosophy professor, John O'Callaghan, recently explored the reigning confusion over how the faithful Catholic ought to respond when different politicians seemingly emphasize different aspects of the "seamless garment of life." In his October 25 posting (entitled Catholics and Abortion Politics) on the the Ethics and Culture Forum, O'Callaghan convincingly lays out the case for distinguishing abortion from the death penalty (and a host of other issues). He concludes by asking us to ask ourselves whether history will "judge us to be among the Lincolns or the Douglases of our own age."