On Abortion Hypocrisy

Some genuinely pro-life pundits and politicians are supporting compromises on abortion legislation that wouldn’t find favor with the Catholic Church. Should they be accused of hypocrisy?

No, because there isn’t anything self-serving or dishonest about taking only what you can reasonably get in the real world–that’s called liberal democracy. Where I have a problem with anti-abortion activists is when they pretend to take a position that really isn’t what they want based on principles they don’t actually advocate (e.g., abortion should be regulated by the individual states) and when they advocate policies they know are practically impossible in order to prove their good faith and moderation (e.g., the GOP will expand the welfare state to protect the mothers of unwanted babies once abortion has been outlawed).