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SAN FRANCISCO (OSV News) — Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is urging all “faithful Catholics” to vote no on a November ballot proposition that he and other Catholic leaders say targets two pro-life clinics in the city.
Proposition O, also known as the San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act, would establish “comprehensive reproductive freedom as San Francisco’s official policy,” says the measure, which just needs a simple majority of “yes” votes.
These centers “would also be singled out on a Department of Public health website,” he said, noting that the city’s two pro-life clinics being “targeted by Proposition O” are both licensed medical facilities and “help women, children, and the entire family without regard to ability to pay.”
“Why doesn’t Proposition O require the city to install signage outside facilities that do abortions to direct women to places where they will be supported in giving birth?” the archbishop asked. “Why doesn’t it require such facilities to post the same signage announcing that they do not provide the full range of reproductive rights because they only provide abortions and contraception and do not offer life-affirming alternatives?”
“Did the propositions authors truly believe in choice?” he asked, adding that “having babies is something that falls under reproductive health care.”
Mayor London Breed introduced the measure in June, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court in its Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the issue of abortion to the states.
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Proposition O, also known as the San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act, would establish “comprehensive reproductive freedom as San Francisco’s official policy,” says the measure, which just needs a simple majority of “yes” votes.
Targeting pro-life clinics
It would require signs be placed in the public right of way that single out pro-life clinics “as not providing the full range of reproductive rights because they do not do abortions or refer for abortion,” Archbishop Cordileone said in an Oct. 3 video message urging a “no” vote on the measure.These centers “would also be singled out on a Department of Public health website,” he said, noting that the city’s two pro-life clinics being “targeted by Proposition O” are both licensed medical facilities and “help women, children, and the entire family without regard to ability to pay.”
“Why doesn’t Proposition O require the city to install signage outside facilities that do abortions to direct women to places where they will be supported in giving birth?” the archbishop asked. “Why doesn’t it require such facilities to post the same signage announcing that they do not provide the full range of reproductive rights because they only provide abortions and contraception and do not offer life-affirming alternatives?”
“Did the propositions authors truly believe in choice?” he asked, adding that “having babies is something that falls under reproductive health care.”
Mayor London Breed introduced the measure in June, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court in its Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the issue of abortion to the states.
Support and opposition to Proposition O
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A new San Francisco ballot measure will target pro-life clinics
Proposition O, also known as the San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act, would establish "comprehensive reproductive freedom as San Francisco's official policy," says the measure, which just needs a simple majority of "yes" votes.
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