Maybe we could play it safe?

Hugh is all over the story of Nancy Pelosi's interview on Meet the Press last Sunday and subsequent reaction. Catholic leaders are understandably furious about her misrepresentations of their doctrine, but what struck me was this from her about when life begins:

"We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose."

This is absolutely stunning to me. By saying, "We don't know," Speaker Pelosi is acknowledging that what she calls a right to choose may very well be the choice to end a life. Given that, she would still prefer to allow that choice!

I'm glad that the life debate is getting greater than average scrutiny this election cycle as a result of not just Pelosi's dopey comments, but Barack Obama's radical history on the issue. The nearly 50 million aborted in the US since Roe v. Wade would have been glad, too.