Reverse Midas touch

Via Amy Welborn, more evidence that abortion corrupts everything it touches. This time the talking stick is held by William McGurn in First Things:

Democrats seeking to understand their plight need look no further than the Catholic members of their own leadership, whose apologias for the Party’s pro-choice orthodoxy have had the unintended effect of making Republicans out of Democrats who might otherwise have delivered a Kerry victory. These Catholic leaders can be divided into two broad camps [McGurn identifies these camps as co-dependents and enablers].

Co-dependents "are mostly Catholic politicos who sensed the turn in their Party elite and, whatever their initial reservations, ended up becoming stridently pro-choice."

"Enablers tend to work in the media, at universities (including, most disappointingly, Catholic universities), or for pressure groups. In contrast to co-dependents, enablers frequently insist they do find abortion abhorrent and that they fully accept church teaching. I do not question their sincerity, but I do question their judgment."

UPDATE, January 4: A Canadian blogger shishkabobs the "logic" of the "abortion provider" interviewed by Boston magazine.