The issue of abortion will always be a tricky one for Democrats. While I personally do not favor abortions in general, I am in favor of keeping it legal in order to save the life of the mother. According to the bishops who have an absolute zero tolerance stance on abortion, that makes me "anti-life," which I don't feel is the case, and neither do most Democrats. So expecting Democrats to change their party platform to outlaw all abortions in every instance simply isn't going to happen. In the meantime Catholics should acknowledge that throughout Catholic history there has been debate about when life officially begins. The notion that life begins at conception is rather recent - happening officially at some point during the late 19th century, if I'm not mistaken.

As for Russell Moore, I must say I'm rather impressed. He's shown that sticking to his principles as a Christian is more important than keeping his job.