MORE ON ABORTION AND PRYOR

Read Sam Heldman's post here (Lead: "What should a judge do if he or she can prevent the slaughter of millions?") He's making a similar argument to the one I made here and here, yesterday (especially the second linked post). Now I'll admit that my last serious encounter with catholicism was in reading St. Augustine in grad school (and, before that, three years of high school with some very dedicated and wonderful octogenarian Lithuanian priests here), but at least one reader has raised some questions about my interpretation of catholic teaching. This issue needs more sensible treatment than I've provided below, of course. More later.