I was once cautioned about forms of nominalistic thinking. From the perch of spectatorship on Mount Olympus such lazy distinctions of pro-life discussion might seem objective.
Reality is complex.
Common ground is important but cannot be made of nominalistic straw that has no real basis in a very real world. I wonder how inclusive Fr. I am sure he does not. But if he does not then he is implicitly admitting that there are indeed extremists with whom he would part company. More importantly, however, I must take issue with the assumption implicit in Fr.