By Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - Cardinal Burke replied, "Well, no devout Catholic, no practicing Catholic can be in favor of abortion, can justify voting for legislation policies that promote abortion, and he has a consistent record of being pro-abortion."… "And it's not that he -- this isn't a question of a confessional belief," said Burke. "This has to do with the natural law. The first precept of natural law is the defense of human life."… Burke continued, "And so, you can't say why privately I think it's wrong -- imagining he means by that as a Catholic he thinks it's wrong -- but then in his public life that he can act as if it's not morally evil… It's one of the greatest moral evils," said the cardinal.