REV. ROBERT DRINAN: No, I don't. I think it's rather well settled at the state level, and it's rather well settled also in Catholic theology. I would recommend that the viewers look at the Web site of the Catholic Hospital Association. For years, they have been developing a coherent philosophy on this matter and the Holy See in the last year seem to have been a bit more conservative, which is understandable. It's a terrible, terrible, agonizing thing. But I think that all the judges that heard it, 20, 25 judges, we have the most certainty that we can have in this difficult situation.
If only they also believed that the "agony" of abortion (or gun control, or CC laws) was also a state's rights issue. That would be an enormous victory for our side. But they're leftists, so they pick and choose what arguments to make on what issues, regardless of their inherent inconsistency.