By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing, June 30, 2022
Francis X. Maier is a senior fellow in Catholic studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the 2020-22 senior research associate at the Notre Dame Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
Others have already written powerfully about the Supreme Court’s June 24 Dobbs decision. So I’ll offer just a quick, related observation here. The abortion issue is to the Catholic left as a flat tire is to a Tesla. The ride to a better, more progressive tomorrow would be so much quieter, so much smoother – and so much less embarrassing – if it weren’t for that ugly, flapping-rubber sound every time the wheels turn. …
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