[Roy Tucker]

where five Catholic men decided that they could better determine what was moral and good than the physicians, women and families facing difficult, personal choices in problem pregnancies,"

That's ironic because 34 years ago 7 men overturned the laws of 33 states opposing abortion and found it to be a right in the Constitution.

Let's go back to the situation ante-1973, seems more democratic to me.

As Joseph Sobran once wrote (and this echoes my sentiments) as to the charge that pro-lifers are trying to impose the teachings of the Catholic Church on non-believers, "The Pope can make abortion a sacrament tomorrow and it would still be wrong."

[montag813]

"women and families facing difficult, personal choices in problem pregnancies,"

The this group, being pregnant itself IS the "problem".