"Values ought to shape our choice and not be trumped by it"

Rosary for Life today, 3 pm.  Please meet at the Newman Center and then we will walk down to pray the rosary outside the abortion facility on campus (Washington Surgi Clinic, next to the Dakota Hall dorms).

A student sent me the following video on Youtube involving Fr. Robert Barron.  Fr. Barron has done numerous videos, most notably the "Catholicism Project" which we will show at the Newman Center soon.  In this video, he addresses the issue of "two minus one pregnancies" in which mothers with twins choose to abort one of their babies.  It's a very good video commentary. 

Fr. Barron might get some grief from people over his laughs and sarcastic remarks. My suggestion would be to do another take without all of those.  They serve a point that some of the rationale from pro-choice advocates and even mothers who have chosen abortion is so crazy that it is just laughable.  But, in our hyper-senstitive culture, his reactions are perceived as being insensitive and condescending.  Then, Fr. Barron would be perceived as being mean and insensitive even though he is not and does not intend to give this impression.  In all of this, the message might get lost because people often look for any reason to attack the messenger when they can't substantially attack the message. 

My favorite line is the last one: "values ought to shape our choice and not be trumped by it"