text: Having no sympathy for Joel Gallagher's general argument, I agree this far, that the causes he mentions as being improperly associated with opposition to abortion as equivalent pro-life causes do deserve the respective understanding that each calls for. But that's not an important consideration, and does not excuse his attempt to discredit some excellent new emphases in moral theology.
  
  With regard to liberals' alleged "foul language program," it should be recognized (as I have mentioned a few times in NCR before) that by far the most disgraceful and enfuriating is the term "pro-life" itself, which no Catholic should ever use if he/she intends it to refer primarily or exclusively to opposition to abortion. In the case of such a restricted use, it is simply a lie, a piece of manipulative rhetoric. There are countless living creatures, of countless kinds, in our world, so *true* pro-life activism should begin with an animal-free (aka vegan) practice. Minus that, "pro-life" is a fraud.