If Professor Kmiec and his cohorts want to embrace Obama because they endorse his left-wing social and economic policies, they should just say so. But it is just the height of dishonesty and bad faith to pretend that someone is pro-life who wants to pass the Freedom of Choice Act (eliminating any restrcitions on abortion the courts have allowed even under Roe v. Wade) as their first priority in office, who supports public funding of abortion, who voted against requiring medical support for infants born alive after botched abortions, who voted against partial birth abortion ban, etc. They argue that helping the poor would reduce the incidence of abortions? I’m not sure exactly how that would work, but I question even the premise — the poor are better off when the economy is growing, but Obama doesn’t give a fig about economic growth. He just wants to soak the rich and spread the wealth around.
It is a strange thing to hear from a priest. Vote Obama if you’re pro-life.