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‘Barbaric’ abortion provision fuels Christian push to crack down on Dem governor

CatholicVote President and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt tells Fox News Digital why she believes Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Catholic, should be excommunicated after signing a law expanding access to late-term abortion. A Catholic organization is pressing Massachusetts bishops to act against Democratic Gov. Maura Healey after she signed a new law that will eliminate the state’s previous restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks, making Massachusetts the 10th state to permit the procedure up to birth. "To weaponize Catholic virtues, to weaponize Christian virtues in the defense of something so egregiously contrary to the faith is a new moment in the political landscape and in the way in which bishops should deal with politicians," CatholicVote president and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt told Fox News Digital. CatholicVote is urging Massachusetts bishops to determ

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‘Barbaric’ abortion provision fuels Christian push to crack down on Dem governor

CatholicVote President and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt tells Fox News Digital why she believes Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Catholic, should be excommunicated after signing a law expanding access to late-term abortion. A Catholic…

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‘Barbaric’ abortion provision fuels Christian push to crack down on Dem governor

CatholicVote President and CEO Kelsey Reinhardt tells Fox News Digital why she believes Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Catholic, should be excommunicated after signing a law expanding access to late-term abortion. A…

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