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"W hat is truth?" (Jn 18:28). Pilate speaks for many today, even as Truth itself stood before him. We as Catholics have accepted a basic definition of truth: the conformity of the mind to reality. We know the truth if we understand the nature of things, making proper judgments about what is and is not correct about the world and our- selves. Getting things right can even be a matter of life and death. Truth has been eclipsed in our culture — this much should be obvious. We no longer accept even the most basic aspects of reality and refuse to affirm that we can even know them at all. Life, the most basic tenet of reality itself, has become a flashpoint in our flight from reality. In opposing the specious arguments of the pro-choice movement, we can have confidence that the truth is on our side. But, the truth is not enough. We also need charity. If we live in a relativistic culture, then we need a witness of love to move the heart beyond just winning an argument, which will prove elusive. In this dialogue, it helps to think through the arguments of the other side. How would we answer them? Many of our arguments do not even make sense on their surface to the other side, because they come from an entirely differ- ent way of thinking about human life and sex- uality — a fundamentally different worldview, as it were. We need to understand this and take the time to think them through in conversation. The following 10 pro-choice objections can pro- vide a primer for thinking about how you would witness to the truth of human life. ⊲ I N - D E P TH ' WHAT IS TRUTH?' Catholic responses to pro-choice objections 16 JULY 2022 | DENVER CATHOLIC BY DR. R. JARED STAUDT Associate Superintendent of Mission and Formation for the Archdiocese of Denver