
When John F. Kennedy was elected our first Catholic president, many people worried that he and other Catholic politicians would not be able to keep their religious faith from influencing the decisions they would make once in office. Subsequent history shows that they needn't have worried.
The greater danger was for their politics to influence the life of the Church. Even so, Kennedy asserted one important Catholic truth in his inaugural address when he said that the principle for which our founding fathers fought was the idea that our rights "come not from the generosity of the state but rather from the hand of God."
Why do I bring up this higher law now as we gather to continue to advocate for life in what is now a post-Roe v. Wade world? Because overturning Roe v. Wade may reduce the number of abortions, but it will not put an end to abortion.
“Hence the image often used of a seamless garment when referring to a consistent ethic of life. Seamless because all of the pro-life issues are interwoven to the point that if the garment is torn, the whole thing begins to come unraveled.”