Perez was criticized in pro-life circles when he said, "Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That is not negotiable," adding, "We must speak up for this principle as loudly as ever and with one voice."

How from these words does one get that it is a pro-abortion statement? 

 Perez is recognizing, something we are loathe to want to consider, that some religions have no issues with abortion.  

Yes, we should do all that we can to prevent abortion, both active and passive.  Active is easy to condemn, but what about policies that do not provide medical, spiritual and material support to the expectant mother.  The lack of these services might lead to a miscarriage, but is that miscarriage any less an abortion due to failure to help the expectant mother.

If life is sacred, then anything which supports life is also sacred.  Anything which harms life should it not be considered as profane.