Do Moderates Hold Key?
THE WHITE HOUSE — President Barack Obama has signaled a desire to reduce abortions in this country, but pro-life groups say his policies don’t give him much credibility on that front. Still, religious moderates may hold the key to the abortion debate in Washington. The debate about abortion has usually centered on the legality of Roe v. Wade. But in D.C. these days, the conversation is shifting. Click play to watch David Brody’s report. “Where do we go from here?,” asked Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good’s Jennifer Goff. “How do we gain that broad public support for this initiative?” Trying To Start A New Dialogue Moderate religious groups are working overtime to start a new dialogue stressing that reaching common ground DOES NOT mean people of good faith on both sides have to give anything up. “If you hear common ground on a contentious issue that means what am I going to have to give up?,” said Faith in Public Life’s Katie Paris, referencing the nervousness that she has hear
