Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress

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Index 3DCC (Third District Citizens Caucus ), 112–14 à Kempis, Thomas, The Imitation of Christ, 42 Abbott, Walter, 48 abortion Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality (Callahan), 197–98 Abortion: The Myths, the Realities, and the Arguments (Grisez), 197–98 versus abortion laws, 181 addressing question in small groups, 290 anti-abortion laws repealed, 201 Arrupe on Drinan’s position, 308 Berrigan, Daniel on, 184–85 better to say nothing than approve, 198 Burns, John A. (Hawaii governor), 129 Catholic clerics’ intervening in political order, 129 Catholic position on jurisprudence, 81–82 Catholic theology and, 290–91 Cleary convinced on stance, 263 climate in 1970, 126 counseling, 200–2 criminal sanctions withdrawal proposal, 81–82 death penalty and, 328 decriminalization advantages, 200–1 Hawaii, 129 delay, state requiring, 202 Drinan’s demonization over, 196 ecumenical effort of consensus, 128 education of physicians, 263–64 The Exorcist, 195 facts of, Norman St. John-Stevas, 198 funding, 248–49 government setting standards for who will live or die, 217 Hatch–Eagleton Amendment, 246 Human Life Amendments, 246 immorality, 127–28 inconvenient existence of individual , 81 informed Catholics, 81 Kennedy, Edward M., 147 Kennedy compound meeting, 80 legal philosophy, evolution of, 127 legal proposals, 128–29 368 | index legalization Commonweal explanation of Court decision, 204 Degnan, Daniel A., S.J. on, 205 impotence of Catholic Church, 203–4 New York, 201 secularization of American society, 203–4 letters from constituents, 247–48 main writings, list, 352–53 as matter of conscience, 129 moralists and, 196 morality of, 205 nations armed to the teeth, 294 neutralizing pro-life activity, 290 nonphysician prosecution, 201 nuclear war and, 322 Oliver Quayle and Co. survey, 127 opposers on moral grounds, 127–28 partial-birth, 329–31 New York Times article, 120 retracting judgment, 331 polarization of discussion, 196 privacy rights’ impact on future decisions, 200 pro-life effort first, 130 wish to remove Drinan, 307 programs encouraging full term, 291 rare cases used as propaganda, 127 reasons for, 127 reform bill block, Vincent Yano, 197 regulation, circumstances, 81 remains disposal, 202–3 on request, 128 right of fetus to be born, 197 Roe v. Wade passage, 155 Rothstein, Paul, 6 sermon at Red Mass (St. John’s Church, Bangor), 79 sin but not crime, 79 stance, evolution of, 198 standards responsibility, 204 ‘‘Strategy on Abortion,’’ 127 ten positions on, 127 Theological Studies article, 126 unlicensed persons performing, 204 as vile act, 293–94 Walker questioning Drinan, 293 withdrawal of law at twenty-six weeks, 80 Wuerl, Reverend Donald W. in Commonweal, 181 ‘‘You have to change hearts,’’ 293 See also Chapter 3 notes (352–53) for list of writings Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality (Callahan), 197–98 Abortion, Society, and the Law (Case Western Law Review), 205 Abortion: The Myths, the Realities, and the Arguments (Grisez), 197–98 ‘‘Abortion and the Law’’ (CBS, April 5, 1965), 196 Abzug, Bella, 230 acceptance speech, 150–51 ad grad oral exams, 63 ADA (Americans for Democratic Action), 190 Adams, Thomas Boylston, 107 African Americans admittance to Georgetown, 55 index | 369 Boston College, 106 dreams and aspirations, 79 Negro character portrayal at Weston, 49 African Nationalist Party, apartheid and, 295 age requirements for holding federal office problems with seniority of members of Congress, 178 proposed amendment to lower, 168 Agnew, Spiro, 96, 147, 218–19, 221 AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), 276 Al-Hikma University, 52–53 Albert, Carl, 187 Alfonsı́n, Raúl, 270 Alsop, Joseph, on American foreign policy, 17 Amazing Grace (Berry), 170 America First, 24 American Catholic Theological Society address, 81 ‘‘American Catholics and the Intellectual Life’’ (Ellis), 69 American Civil Liberties Union, opinion on Drinan’s running, 116 Americans for Democratic Action. See ADA Amnesty International, trip to Argentina, 265 Anderson, William B., 193 The Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law, 71 apartheid, 295–96 archival collections, 349–50 Archives of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus at the College of the Holy Cross, 349–50 Argentina, 266–72 argument structure in writings, 128 arms manufacturers as merchants of death, 135 Arrupe, Father Pedro approvals required, 180 basis of decisions, 118–19 cerebral thrombosis, 316–17 Cleary’s response, 262 death of, 317 disapproval of priests in elective office, 120 Drinan ordered not to run in 1974, 261 Drinan requested to come to Rome, 117 Drinan urged to withdraw, 263 Drinan’s letter to, 118 exceptional circumstances did not exist...