Jesuit calls Obama out on abortion

Jesuit calls Obama out on abortion August 13, 2008

Fr. John Kavanaugh, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has written an open letter to Barack Obama in the August 18th issue of America magazine. His closing rhetorical question says it all:

A vociferous cadre in the Democratic Party has for too long wielded a dogmatic veto over any discussion of limiting abortions. With your commitment to reasoned, evidence-based and respectful discourse, are you able to challenge your party to welcome pro-life Catholics into its supposed big tent?

Be sure to read CNA’s write-up. For those unfamiliar with Fr. Kavanaugh’s work, he was written extensively on life issues and ethics from a philosophical and theological standpoint. Perhaps his best known works are Following Christ in a Consumer Society and Who Count as Persons?


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