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BUFFALO, January 28, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Catholic Bishop Henry J. Mansell of the Diocese of Buffalo defended the work of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in a homily on the Roe v. Wade anniversary. In his homily, the bishop denounced the attempts to “intimidate and to harass” the CPCs by a “confidential investigation” launched by New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, a zealously pro-abortion Democrat. South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon also asked Spitzer to drop the ‘investigation.’

Bishop Mansell explained the situation to the faithful saying, “We’ve seen the attorney general’s office, Eliot Spitzer’s, in recent weeks going after the crisis pregnancy centers, particularly in the lower part of the state, Staten Island, Long Island . . . flooding the crisis pregnancy centers with subpoenas and demanding all sorts of documentation, volumes of documentation, before Feb. 1.” The bishop hoped the abortuaries would also come under scrutiny. “We want to be sure that similar examination is being made of the abortion clinics,” and pro-abortion centers such as Planned Parenthood he said.

Louis James, director of a Buffalo area CPC revealed Spitzer may have engaged in the harassment as payback to the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League from which the attorney general received campaign funds.

See related LifeSite coverage:  NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jan/020107.html#4

See the coverage in Buffalo News:  https://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20020123/1009075.asp