Catholics in the body politic-- and some would have them out?

I respect and honor the right of Kate Michelman, Nancy Keenan, and Frances Kissling to voice their opinions about the body politic (and I am sure they respect others to argue opposing views—don’t they?). These three individuals do not, however, speak for Catholic women. They speak for those with whom they agree—male and female, believer and agnostic. They speak for those who think that taking human life is a Constitutional right. I think that Mr. Collins could expand his horizons a bit and speak with Helen Alvare, Mary Ann Glendon, and Teresa Collett. (I will only mention three names here as he did.) If he were to speak with other women who did not and would not attend the NARAL banquet, he might have a different perspective on what Catholic women think. Moving along to the second point noted by John Miller about Mr. Collins: does he, Mr. Collins, dismiss the possibility that Mmes. Michelman, Keenan, and Kissling might have a detailed blueprint for a political strategy to affect the American democratic process at the national, state, and local levels? True, they probably have not taken over the Republican Party. Is it possible, though, that they may have taken over the Democratic Party? RJA sj