The National Catholic Register portal reports on the impending electoral battle over abortion in four states, framing the struggle through the lens of a secular policy scorecard—the “MOM Score”—devised by a nonprofit NGO, Voices for the Voiceless. The commentary, penned by Patrick Brown, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that since the conciliar “pro-life” movement has lost 15 of 17 post-*Dobbs* referenda, it must pivot from legal prohibition to “making motherhood more feasible” via tax credits, housing subsidies, and postpartum screening. The article cites the liberal Masonic philosopher John Rawls and his “veil of ignorance” as a theoretical benchmark for the “best state to be born in.” This is not a Catholic strategy; it is the surrender of the Kingship of Christ to the idolatry of democratic process and materialist social engineering.
The Abomination of Democratic Calculus on Infant Murder
The cited article relates the grim tally: “In the 17 ballot referenda since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the Roe v. Wade regime, pro-lifers have won in only two states.” It treats the legal protection of the unborn as a political commodity subject to the veto of the majority. This is the heresy of popular sovereignty condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (Prop. 39, 55, 77), which teaches that the State is not the source of all rights and that the Catholic religion cannot be subordinated to the civil power. By accepting the referendum as the legitimate arbiter of the right to life, the conciliar “pro-life” movement implicitly denies that the Fifth Commandment—Non occides—binds the civil legislator ex natura rei, independent of the vote of the populace.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, declares with apostolic authority: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed… the main reason why some have the right to command and others have the duty to obey was removed.” The article’s entire premise—crafting policy to win referenda—derives authority from men, not God. It seeks to negotiate with Moloch rather than proclaim the Social Kingship of Christ which demands that “rulers of states… not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ… if they wish to maintain their authority inviolate.”
John Rawls: The Masonic Philosopher as Theological Consultant
The commentary invokes John Rawls’s “veil of ignorance” as a heuristic: “The philosopher John Rawls posited a ‘veil of ignorance’… If you were an unborn baby behind that hypothetical ‘veil of ignorance,’ what state… would you prefer to be born in?” This is a scandalous substitution of Catholic metaphysics with Masonic liberal contractarianism. Rawls, a architect of the “neutral” liberal state, explicitly excludes the supernatural order and the rights of God. To use his godless thought experiment to determine the “best state to be born in” is to measure the City of God by the yardstick of the City of Man.
The Syllabus condemns the proposition that “Human reason, without any reference whatsoever to God, is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood, and of good and evil” (Prop. 3). The article’s reliance on Rawls proves the conciliar mind has internalized this condemned error. The “unborn baby” in Rawls’s veil has no soul, no eternal destiny, no right to baptism—only a calculable interest in material welfare. This is anthropological naturalism, the very plague Pius XI identified as “laicism.”
The “MOM Score”: Quantifying the Surrender to the Welfare State
The article praises the “MOM Score” for measuring “tax provisions, housing costs, postpartum-depression screening, religious attendance, and more” to create a “custom benchmark” where a perfect score is 500 points. Colorado tops the list with 302. This is the technocratic reduction of the maternal vocation to a consumer satisfaction index. The commentary admits: “Pro-life laws are essential, but in an era where abortion pills can be ordered at the click of a button, they are not enough to build a culture of life.”
This is the voice of defeatism and unbelief. St. Paul teaches: “Non est potestas nisi a Deo” (Rom 13:1). The civil magistrate holds the sword not to distribute tax credits but to “execute wrath upon him that doeth evil” (Rom 13:4). To say laws against murder are “not enough” because pills are available is to say the State may abdicate its duty to punish the murder of the innocent because enforcement is difficult. It is the argument of the hireling who flees because he cares not for the sheep (Jn 10:12).
The article’s silence on the sacramental order is deafening. No mention of the necessity of Baptism for the salvation of the infants, no mention of the state of grace of the mothers, no mention of the Final Judgment. “Religious attendance” is listed as a mere metric alongside housing costs—a sociological variable. This is the heresy of actionism condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu (Prop. 26, 59): reducing dogma to practical function, faith to social utility.
The Conciliar Sect as Controlled Opposition
Patrick Brown writes from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a think tank of the conservative wing of the Masonic two-party system. The “pro-life movement” he describes operates entirely within the framework of the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican. It accepts the legitimacy of the usurper “pope” Leo XIV (Prevost) and the “bishops” of the neo-church, who have betrayed the Kingship of Christ for a seat at the table of the New World Order.
The article’s call for “policy and programmatic and cultural changes that meet women facing an unexpected new addition with the resources they need” is the corporal works of mercy divorced from the spiritual—the very definition of the “Church of the New Advent” condemned by the Syllabus: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Prop. 55). The conciliar sect does not want the State to confess Christ; it wants the State to fund its NGOs.
The Theological Bankruptcy of “Middle Ground” in Missouri
The article reveals the depth of the betrayal in Missouri: “Missouri pro-lifers are engaged in a hard-fought campaign to restore a middle-ground approach, permitting abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy.” Permitting abortion until the 12th week. This is not a “pro-life” position; it is a pro-murder position with a gestational limit. It concedes the “right to choose” for the first trimester. It violates the principle lex injusta non est lex (an unjust law is no law) and Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code: public defection from the faith (here, the moral law) vacates office ipso facto. Those “pro-lifers” campaigning for a 12-week license to kill have defected from the Catholic Faith.
Pope Paul IV’s Bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio teaches that a heretic’s promotion is “null, void, and of no effect.” The conciliar “bishops” and “priests” who guide this movement hold no jurisdiction. They are hirelings of the Antichrist, managing the slaughterhouse to make it more “humane” and “sustainable.”
Conclusion: No Peace Without the Kingship of Christ
The article ends with a whimper: “a renewed emphasis on policy… can help witness to the beauty of unborn life in a new, perhaps unexpectedly, compelling way.” There is no witness without the Cross. There is no justice without the King. The “pro-life movement” of the conciliar sect is a symphony of compromise played on the deck of the Titanic. It offers the world a “MOM Score” when the world needs the Credo. It offers Colorado when the world needs Christus Vincit.
As Pius XI commanded: “Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ… For what we wrote at the beginning of Our Pontificate about the diminishing authority of law and respect for power, the same can be applied to the present times.” The conciliar article is a document of that diminishing authority. It proves that the structures occupying the Vatican are the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Mt 24:15), offering incense to the idol of Democracy while the innocents are butchered.
“He who gives the Kingdom of Heaven does not take away earthly things!” (Hymn: Crudelis Herodes, cited in Quas Primas, n. 27). But the conciliar sect gives neither Heaven nor earth—it gives only a spreadsheet.
Source:
4 States Could Paint an Unfortunate Picture for the US Pro-Life Movement (ncregister.com)
Date: 27.10.2026