Thank you for clarifying the conditions for 501(c) status.

The attitude of the US bishops (and the majority of US Catholics) on abortion, and the political choice of making it "the issue" in all election cycles, has always fatigued me (I don't know how else to express the sense of intellectual and moral discomfort I feel every time the discussion reappears on the political theater), as it seems to me more a judgement of the sinners than the sin itself. Abortion is clearly a grave sin against the 5th commandment, but it should be judged like all other sins also in light of the two conditions of full knowledge and deliberate consent. Instead, there seems to be no regard for the sense of hopelessness in which many low-income families are cast while trying to stay afloat in an economy based on greed and the survival of the fittest. Such hopelessness is a main factor in many (the majority?) abortion cases. I think abortion can only be eradicated by creating a more compassionate society.