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Massachusetts bishops condemn 'Catholic' governor's on-demand abortion law
According to the National Catholic Register, the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts have condemned Gov. Maura Healey's enactment of an abortion-on-demand law and an emergency preamble she issued with a nod to her Catholic faith.
Gov. Healey cited her Catholic faith as one of the reasons she signed a law allowing abortion through all 40 weeks of pregnancy.
In response, the bishops of Massachusetts condemned her decision.
They called on all pro-abortion legislators to reconsider such bills.
In response to the expansion of the abortion law in Massachusetts and Healey's Substack article citing her Catholic faith as part of the reason she issued an emergency preamble to an abortion-to-birth bill, Boston Archbishop Richard Henning, Bishop Robert McManus, Bishop Edgar da Cunha, and Bishop William Byrne produced a written statement in which they said:
Having read the Governor’s editorial defending her decision to override the results of the Repeal188 efforts, we respectfully and passionately disagree that abortion, the taking of human life, may be considered health care. We also disagree that there is an emergency requiring the further expansion of the existing and already radically permissive law.
They added:
We call upon the legislators who crafted and passed this bill, and all men and women of good will, to reconsider the troubling state of our culture and its utilitarian and merciless approach to the elderly, the sick, the vulnerable, and the unborn. As Pope Leo put it: "The right to life is the indispensable foundation of every other human right."
The Register contacted Healey's office for comment, and a spokesperson said to refer to Healey's Substack article. In that article, Healey wrote, "Today, I’m filing an emergency statement under Article 48 of the Massachusetts Constitution to put this law into effect as the Legislature intended while the referendum process moves forward."
Because of that emergency statement, which took effect immediately, pro-life advocates are prevented from suspending the new abortion law pending a statewide referendum that will take place in two years, in November 2028.
In the Substack, Healey cited her faith, saying, "I am Catholic, and my faith is an important part of who I am. It has shaped my understanding of service, responsibility and our obligation to care for others. My faith teaches me to meet people with compassion, respect their dignity, and approach suffering with humility."
She added, "I am also Governor for people of every faith and belief. My responsibility is to ensure that every family can make deeply personal medical decisions according to their own circumstances, values and the guidance of their doctors."
This is an issue. The Catholic Church's stance against abortion is inline with the scientific fact that human life begins at fertilization and that every human being, from the moment their life begins, deserves equal protection of the law and the right to life. To declare that scientific fact is subjective based on a person's religion is dangerous. Not only does it pit people of different faiths against each other, but it puts the humanity of every human up for debate and in jeopardy. If our humanity is subjective, then anyone can be stripped of his or her inherent rights depending on who is in power.
As a Catholic, Healey should be fighting for the God-given rights of all preborn human beings based on the fact that science confirms them to be human beings. Instead, she makes the erroneous and discriminatory claim that some babies must be killed late in pregnancy because they have received a diagnosis. That's eugenics. She may believe she is following "a proud history" in which Massachusetts has been "leading on civil rights," but giving adults the power to kill vulnerable children who are unable to defend themselves is as anti-civil rights as it gets.
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·Massachusetts bishops condemn 'Catholic' governor's on-demand abortion law
According to the National Catholic Register, the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts have condemned Gov. Maura Healey's enactment of an abortion-on-demand law and an emergency preamble she issued with a nod to her Catholic faith.
Gov. Healey cited her Catholic faith as one of the reasons she signed a law allowing abortion through all 40 weeks of pregnancy.
In response, the bishops of Massachusetts condemned her decision.
They called on all pro-abortion legislators to reconsider such bills.
In response to the expansion of the abortion law in Massachusetts and Healey's Substack article citing her Catholic faith as part of the reason she issued an emergency preamble to an abortion-to-birth bill, Boston Archbishop Richard Henning, Bishop Robert McManus, Bishop Edgar da Cunha, and Bishop William Byrne produced a written statement in which they said:
Having read the Governor’s editorial defending her decision to override the results of the Repeal188 efforts, we respectfully and passionately disagree that abortion, the taking of human life, may be considered health care. We also disagree that there is an emergency requiring the further expansion of the existing and already radically permissive law.
They added:
We call upon the legislators who crafted and passed this bill, and all men and women of good will, to reconsider the troubling state of our culture and its utilitarian and merciless approach to the elderly, the sick, the vulnerable, and the unborn. As Pope Leo put it: "The right to life is the indispensable foundation of every other human right."
The Register contacted Healey's office for comment, and a spokesperson said to refer to Healey's Substack article. In that article, Healey wrote, "Today, I’m filing an emergency statement under Article 48 of the Massachusetts Constitution to put this law into effect as the Legislature intended while the referendum process moves forward."
Because of that emergency statement, which took effect immediately, pro-life advocates are prevented from suspending the new abortion law pending a statewide referendum that will take place in two years, in November 2028.
In the Substack, Healey cited her faith, saying, "I am Catholic, and my faith is an important part of who I am. It has shaped my understanding of service, responsibility and our obligation to care for others. My faith teaches me to meet people with compassion, respect their dignity, and approach suffering with humility."
She added, "I am also Governor for people of every faith and belief. My responsibility is to ensure that every family can make deeply personal medical decisions according to their own circumstances, values and the guidance of their doctors."
This is an issue. The Catholic Church's stance against abortion is inline with the scientific fact that human life begins at fertilization and that every human being, from the moment their life begins, deserves equal protection of the law and the right to life. To declare that scientific fact is subjective based on a person's religion is dangerous. Not only does it pit people of different faiths against each other, but it puts the humanity of every human up for debate and in jeopardy. If our humanity is subjective, then anyone can be stripped of his or her inherent rights depending on who is in power.
As a Catholic, Healey should be fighting for the God-given rights of all preborn human beings based on the fact that science confirms them to be human beings. Instead, she makes the erroneous and discriminatory claim that some babies must be killed late in pregnancy because they have received a diagnosis. That's eugenics. She may believe she is following "a proud history" in which Massachusetts has been "leading on civil rights," but giving adults the power to kill vulnerable children who are unable to defend themselves is as anti-civil rights as it gets.
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