Posing the fate of the unborn against the fate of the already born may be an attempt to soften the dark realities of abortion, but doesn't work. To claim pro-lifers don't care about anyone or anything else other than the fetus (can't say baby) is knowingly unfair and knowingly false.

By treating abortion as just a side issue that has nothing to do with public policy misses a larger point of who as a society we want to be. Can we take care of those who find themselves in troubling pregnancies with compassion and dignity, and also protect the lives they're carrying? We need to try. These aren't religious values, but simply good values. However as Catholic Christians, we should know this is part our calling.