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The Battle for Life in Ten States This Election Cycle, by Mary Jo Anderson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Battle for Life in Ten States This Election Cycle, by Mary Jo Anderson


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Pope Benedict XVI: Christ’s Mission Is for All
September 5, 2024
Saint of the Day for September 5: St. Teresa of Calcutta (Aug. 26, 1910 – Sept. 5, 1997)
September 5, 2024

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By Mary Jo Anderson, Catholic World Report - The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) is the basic model for all the amendments that will confront voters in November. WHPA, based on Senate bill 1645 sponsored by then Senator Kamala Harris, prohibits states from enacting laws that regulate abortion. These amendments are so extreme that the social fabric, culture and finances of states are at risk. Catholic Bishop Conferences in those states have alerted Catholic citizens to their obligation to vote NO on the amendments and to politically engage and educate fellow citizens in the public square.

By Mary Jo Anderson, Catholic World Report, Aug. 30, 2024

Mary Jo Anderson is a Catholic journalist and speaker whose articles and commentaries on politics, religion, and culture appear in a variety of publications. She was appointed to the USCCB’s National Advisory Council (NAC) from 2010 to 2014 and served as member of the NAC Executive Committee in 2011. She covered the Synods from Rome in 2014, 2015, and 2019. …

Warring factions hurling invectives at the national level obscure the ground level wrestling match in ten states where voters face abortion amendments to their state constitution.

Pundits have framed this election as the “end of democracy” or the last chance to “save our republic.” It may be known to historians as the abortion election.

Both parties quickly carved out an abortion archipelago in the sea of competing policy proposals. Democrats winked at the Planned Parenthood mobile abortion and vasectomy unit parked just outside the DNC venue. The Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, J.D. Vance, explained to NBC’s Meet the Press that, when elected, President Trump would veto a national abortion ban in hopes he will “end this culture war over this particular topic.” …

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