Thu Sep 22, 2022 – 6:33 pm EDT
(Fr. Michael P. Orsi) — The expression, “Politics is the art of compromise,” has to be one of the most popular and enduring clichés.
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We generally consider compromise a positive thing, a matter of (to use another cliché) “give and take,” the willingness to settle a disagreement by accepting at least part of an opposing argument or demand.
Compromise is often seen as the essence of democracy, the way that groups with competing interests coexist in society, the “modus vivendi” of our constitutional republic.
But is compromise always good?
Since the Supreme Court vitiated the Roe v. Wade decision, restoring to the states their authority to regulate abortion, fights over protecting or ending life in the womb have taken on a new intensity.
The so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act,” an effort to codify abortion rights nationally, was passed by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in July. This would turn Roe v. Wade into federal law, thus circumventing the Court’s decision.
As described by the pro-abortion group, Act for Women, “WHPA would create a statutory right for health care providers to provide abortion care, and a
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