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‘Today, Jesus looks over the State of Michigan and weeps… We weep with him. Enshrining the right to take the life of an unborn child into our state constitution is an abomination to him.’
WASHINGTON — As pro-abortion measures won on state ballots and pro-life measures faced defeat, Catholic bishops responded to election results with profound disappointment.
They professed resolve to continue to work to defend unborn human life and support pregnant women in need. Some called for prayer and fasting and emphasized that millions of lives are at stake.
On Election Day about 56.7% of Michigan voters, more than 2.4 million, voted for Proposal 3 to add a broad right to abortion into the state constitution. It removes a longtime ban on abortion from state law that has not been enforced since 1973. The margin of victory was more than 580,000 votes.
“This is a tragic day for Michigan and for the cause of protecting and upholding the inherent dignity of all human life,” Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit said in response. “Despite the tremendous hurdle this constitutional amendment presents, we will continue to support policies that uphold parental rights and the sanctity of human life as well as those that offer assistance to women in need.”
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‘We Weep with Jesus’: Catholic Bishops Lament Pro-Abortion Ballot Victories
WASHINGTON — As pro-abortion measures won on state ballots and pro-life measures faced defeat, Catholic bishops responded to election results with profound disappointment.
They professed resolve to continue to work to defend unborn human life and support pregnant women in need. Some called for prayer and fasting and emphasized that millions of lives are at stake.
On Election Day about 56.7% of Michigan voters, more than 2.4 million, voted for Proposal 3 to add a broad right to abortion into the state constitution. It removes a longtime ban on abortion from state law that has not been enforced since 1973. The margin of victory was more than 580,000 votes.
“This is a tragic day for Michigan and for the cause of protecting and upholding the inherent dignity of all human life,” Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit said in response. “Despite the tremendous hurdle this constitutional amendment presents, we will continue to support policies that uphold parental rights and the sanctity of human life as well as those that offer assistance to women in need.”
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‘We Weep with Jesus’: Catholic Bishops Lament Pro-Abortion Ballot Victories
