Crisis, Anne Hendershott: In what is becoming yet another scandal for the Catholic Church, Rhode Island’s governor, Gina Raimondo, joined a growing list of Catholic lawmakers embracing a woman’s access to late-term abortion. A graduate of Providence’s Catholic college prep school La Salle Academy, an institution that describes itself as “rich in history and grounded in the tradition of Catholic education,” Raimondo has the dubious distinction of being the most pro-abortion governor the State has ever elected. Pledging her support for House Bill 5127, the Reproductive Health Care Act, which would eliminate any constitutional restrictions on late-term abortion, and remove any constitutional restrictions on methods of abortion for the future, Raimondo has shown herself to be in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth—by any methods necessary to terminate the life of the unborn child. More here.
