I remember the initiative but not the bishops’ reaction. Some reaction from the pro-life movement was that the move was tactically unwise, and of course, it is the duty of the bishop to teach the Catholic teaching, which is firmly pro-life, as he sees reasonable at the time. I am sure that the bishops’ reaction, if it was against the measure at all, was not anti-life.
Just went back and did some research. Yep, this is the same bishop.
“Should never punish a woman, who is a second victim.”
So when a woman shoots her kids, she shouldn’t pay.
When Roe vs. Wade gets overturned, a woman who gets an abortion after that, shouldn’t go to jail.
This is insanity. Is it a kid or not? No wonder politicians don’t take these guys seriously.