Pro-Choice Politicians = Pro-Abortion Politicians?

Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, "the top Vatican Cardinal in charge of the sacraments of the Catholic Church," was recently interviewed about the prospect of pro-abortion politicians being denied communion (thanks to Open Book):

“Last year, you were asked at a press conference whether a politician, a Catholic politician who supports abortion publicly should be permitted to the Communion rail, should be permitted to receive Communion publicly. What is your response to that?”

Cardinal Arinze responded, “The answer is clear. If a person says I am in favour of killing unborn babies whether they be four thousand or five thousand, I have been in favour of killing them. I will be in favour of killing them tomorrow and next week and next year. So, unborn babies, too bad for you. I am in favour that you should be killed, then the person turn around and say I want to receive Holy Communion. Do you need any Cardinal from the Vatican to answer that?"

Is this a deliberate punt on a thorny question, or is Cardinal Arinze equating any politician who opposes the total criminal prohibition of abortion with a person who is vocally "in favor of killing unborn babies?"  Would former Governor Cuomo, for example, be denied communion under this standard, or would it only apply to those who seem to revel in abortion as a fundamentally good thing?

Rob