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OPINION: Abortion and health care - the larger good at stake

Commonweal, an independent opinion journal edited and run by lay Catholics, proposes an abortion solution. The editorial excerpted here appeared in September, before the House passed its health care bill.

Catholic social teaching, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has tirelessly reminded our elected officials, has long regarded access to decent health care to be a basic human right,...

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