Here is Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “If [the revocation of the Mexico City policy] is one of the first acts of President Obama, with all due respect, it seems to me that the path towards disappointment will have been very short.”
Disappointment ? What exactly did they expect in Italy? But then again, this isn’t just a European problem. The Archbishop continues:
I do not believe that those who voted for him (Obama) took into consideration ethical themes, which were astutely left aside during the election debate. The majority of the American population does not take the same position as the president and his team.
Perhaps a plurality of Americans has what a moral philosopher would call a weak-minded ambivalence about abortion, but the clear majority is very much to the right of President Obama. Who knows what might have happened if his position had been clear?
Indeed, who knows how the political climate would change if more Americans knew just how radical the Roe regime is? Ignorance on this scale turns democratic procedures into harmless national pastimes.
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