{"id":18779,"date":"2022-07-13T10:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?p=18779"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:44:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:44:41","slug":"bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Statement of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference<br>\nIn Opposition to House Bill 4954 and Senate Bill 2996<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18788\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fundamental teaching of the Catholic faith is that an unborn child is a human person with the inalienable right to life and this life must be protected from conception to birth. It is in this light that the Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts have always strongly opposed abortion and all legislative efforts to expand the practice. It is the reason we oppose House Bill 4954 and Senate Bill 2996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particular attention must be drawn to a provision (Section 10) in House Bill 4954. If adopted, late term abortions would become widely available, further expanding an already deeply troubling section of Massachusetts law. Specifically, by adding the word \u201csevere\u201d into existing law, abortions would be allowed based upon any physician\u2019s own determination of what condition qualifies as \u201csevere\u201d. This undefined terminology further erodes the protection of life by creating the possibility of abortions at any time in a woman\u2019s pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On behalf of the four Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Catholic Conference urges the legislature and Governor Baker not to advance these bills into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 13, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference In Opposition to House Bill 4954 and Senate Bill 2996 A fundamental teaching of the Catholic faith is that an unborn child is a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crosspost_to_16":false,"_crosspost_to_17":false,"_crosspost_to_18":false,"_crosspost_to_19":false,"_crosspost_to_20":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[178],"class_list":["post-18779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Statement of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference In Opposition to House Bill 4954 and Senate Bill 2996 A fundamental teaching of the Catholic faith is that an unborn child is a &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-13T14:13:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-06T17:44:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"159\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"icon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Diocese of Fall River\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f57da45fdd9aa3face6cd14073e4af9f\"},\"headline\":\"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-13T14:13:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-06T17:44:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"In the News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\",\"name\":\"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-13T14:13:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-06T17:44:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":159},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/\",\"name\":\"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dfr-logo-new.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dfr-logo-new.svg\",\"width\":346,\"height\":106,\"caption\":\"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f57da45fdd9aa3face6cd14073e4af9f\",\"name\":\"Diocese of Fall River\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/17d67cf35c979bb3d7108c734d65ec27\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e913179aa27a46b358b5a0ca0fe9c9b9ec36959fb23f535b754c61ca34a21074?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e913179aa27a46b358b5a0ca0fe9c9b9ec36959fb23f535b754c61ca34a21074?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Diocese of Fall River\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/author\/icon\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River","og_description":"Statement of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference In Opposition to House Bill 4954 and Senate Bill 2996 A fundamental teaching of the Catholic faith is that an unborn child is a &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/","og_site_name":"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River","article_published_time":"2022-07-13T14:13:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-06T17:44:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":159,"url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"The Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"icon","Tiempo de lectura":"2 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/"},"author":{"name":"Diocese of Fall River","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f57da45fdd9aa3face6cd14073e4af9f"},"headline":"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State","datePublished":"2022-07-13T14:13:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-06T17:44:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/"},"wordCount":199,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png","articleSection":["In the News"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/","name":"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State - Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png","datePublished":"2022-07-13T14:13:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-06T17:44:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-updated-300x159-1.png","width":300,"height":159},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/pt-pt\/news\/bishops-respond-to-expanding-abortion-in-mass\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mass. Catholic Conference Responds to Bills Expanding Abortion in State"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/","name":"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#organization","name":"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River","url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dfr-logo-new.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dfr-logo-new.svg","width":346,"height":106,"caption":"Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f57da45fdd9aa3face6cd14073e4af9f","name":"Diocese of Fall River","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/17d67cf35c979bb3d7108c734d65ec27","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e913179aa27a46b358b5a0ca0fe9c9b9ec36959fb23f535b754c61ca34a21074?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e913179aa27a46b358b5a0ca0fe9c9b9ec36959fb23f535b754c61ca34a21074?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Diocese of Fall River"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/author\/icon\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":178,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"the-most-reverend-edgar-m-da-cunha-s-d-v-d-d","display_name":"The Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D.","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_bishop-da-cunha.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/headshot_bishop-da-cunha.jpg"},"first_name":"Edgar","last_name":"da Cunha","user_url":"","title":"The Bishop of Fall River","description":""}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30050,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18779\/revisions\/30050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18779"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=18779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}