text: A well-expressed statement of the problem, but I disagree with the phrase "for very solid reasons." Catholics believe there are extremely solid reasons for believing that life begins at conception. They are not amenable to believing otherwise. They understand why others are in error, why others don't believe as they do, but that's as far as it goes. Believing as they do, each abortion is the taking of innocent life, a heartbreaking thing which, if done with full knowledge of the wrongness, would justify the harshest condemnation. It's to Catholics' credit that they fight for unborn life, and yet give the benefit of the doubt to abortionists by telling themselves, "They know not what they do." But the real moral fiber of some abortionists is on display with late term partial birth abortion, where no serious person can doubt that the baby in the womb is as human as a day-old infant. Abortion at that stage is clear murder, but Pelosi, Clinton, and Obama would assert the right to do it.