There is an inverse relationship between abortion and availability of contraception. When contraceptives are outlawed, which is the agenda of the bishops since they can't convince the folks in the pews not to indulge, the number of abortions will increase. If they make abortion illegal, the number of fatalities to pregnant women will increase. Making something illegal when the population does not support its' criminalization only makes the 'problem' worse. Recall Prohibition and what a great success that was! (sarcasm alert!) The bishops lost credibility on pelvic issues since Humanae Vitae was widely panned and the politics behind it revealed. Similarly, the symbiosis between right wing Catholics and right wing evangelicals has added to the loss of credibility of the bishops who seem to embrace the right wing leaving the vast majority of the faithful if not abandoned at least finding our own way.