“There is no debate that abortion is the gravest of evils before us today, but how loudly will the evangelicals and conservatives cry about Catholic Church intervention in politics when the other areas of Catholic Social Doctrine such as immigration reform and the death penalty are addressed?”
Abortion is in a different category than immigration and death penalty. Abortion is a civil rights issue, much like slavery. Although there are moral issues involverd, we are still talking about the right to life here - so it is a civil rights issue.
You are right. Thanks for your post.