Religion & Law

For a response to the claims contained in the Commonweal editorial ("Crying Wolf") to which Michael P. linked, go here. 

To be sure, our friends are right to warn about the wages of "crying wolf".  And, there is no denying -- not that there is any need to deny -- that many of those who are critics of the new law's abortion-related provisions and effects also think the law is a bad one (for reasons that Greg Sisk and others have outlined).  So, as the editors note, it was never likely, despite the then-candidate Obama's endorsement of, and promises regarding, the "Freedom of Choice Act", that the Act (as such) would actually pass.  In pointing this out, though, they (and we) should not think that the Administration has not, in fact, taken many steps to increase "access" to, and reduce restrictions on, abortion.  It was not crying wolf to predict this before, and it is fair to lament it now.