A hat tip to Rob at the MonT-SteR Report, who got me thinking about this today.

Senator Kerry is on record as saying "I'm a Catholic, and so I am not in favor of abortion. But my stance on abortion is borne of my faith, and I can't impose my faith on others. Therefore, I continue to support a woman's right to choose."

He also is on record as saying that faith without works is dead.  So obviously he has to do something to implement that faith-based opposition to abortion, right?  If I am really, strongly opposed to something bad, but I think people have a right to do it anyway, what will my actions be?  It seems to me that I will take action to mitigate the bad thing, as much as possible.

If, for example, I was a powerful Senator married to a billionaire who was "not in favor of abortion", but I thought it wrong to work directly against abortion in the legal arena, I might do some or all of the following things:

• Work to fund pregnancy crisis centers that provide non-abortion counseling
• Work to ease adoption restrictions and promote awareness of the adoption option
• Work to encourage strong marriages
• Work to encourage abstinence in young people not ready for childbearing
• Generously contribute to pregnancy centers
• Generously contribute to non-profit adoption agencies
• Generously contribute to social welfare organizations working with young mothers

I wonder what Senator Kerry's actual record is in these areas?  I'm sure it must be outstanding.  Surely a man of such strong faith has made enormous contributions to the areas of public policy and private charity.

Right?

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