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.” …