So, despite the obfuscation about abortion being “health care,” the fact is most abortions occur because a child is “unwanted” or “inconvenient.” Is that a moral justification to take a life?

I am not suggesting pro-lifers march under the banner of 1 Corinthians — this is a theological text that presupposes certain faith commitments. The science of human life should suffice for us.

But that said, there’s no doubt that there are Christians, even Catholics, who succumb to the siren song of “my body” rhetoric, whether it means going in whole hog defending abortion or hiding behind “personally opposed” slogans that never reach to the ecosystem and legal infrastructure that allow the killing. Those Christians need to consider that the “my body” rhetoric is incompatible with the Christian perspective on the body and that they need to choose: Am I a Christian or an abortionist? Because I can’t be both.