Cardinal Sean O'Malley issued a statement late last week denouncing Massachusetts' new law restricting the activities of pro-life sidewalk counselors as “unjust” and “a misguided use of civil law.” In a statement posted Friday on the Archdiocese of Boston's website – and later on the Cardinal's own blog – Cardinal O'Malley said “the Massachusetts legislature acted with unseemly haste to establish what amounts to a new buffer zone of 25 feet.” “The effect again is to make it very difficult for citizens seeking to offer alternatives to women contemplating an abortion,” he wrote. The new regulations, signed into law by […]
The justices' 9-0 ruling in McCullen v. Coakley reverses the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the law, which barred sidewalk counselors from setting foot within 35 feet of abortion facilities statewide.
Gov. Deval Patrick says the state's Medicaid program would begin writing proposed regulations so taxpayer funds would cover the controversial medical procedure.
“We have been saying for some time that once you remove the gender requirement there is no reason for marriage to be confined to only two people,” Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse told LifeSiteNews.com.
“A lot of conservatives … had been supporting [Polito] because of her stand for traditional marriage, despite the fact that she had a pro-abortion record,” explained Brian Camenker, who runs pro-family advocacy group MassResistance.