Baltimore, Md., Nov 12, 2008 / 16:18 pm
Countering predictions that they would try to find “common ground” with President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party on the abortion issue, the U.S. Bishops went clearly out of their way to deliver a strong message that the right to life of the unborn is a non-negotiable issue.
In fact, according to the bylaws of the conference, the body of bishops cannot write and approve a statement that is not submitted through the conference’s Administrative Committee. But the tight agenda of the three-day Fall meeting did not give sufficient time to follow the process to issue a statement.