Jan. 31, 2023—Winona-Rochester, Minnesota's Bishop Robert Barron wastes no time condemning Minnesota's newly passed abortion law as "the worst kind of barbarism." "Basically, it eliminates any kind of parental notifications," Bishop Barron continues, "so a 12-year-old child can get an abortion without even telling her parents about it!" Immediately following Gov. Tim Walz's (D) signing of the bill, Bishop Barron began his a social media video "I want to share with you my anger, my frustration over this terrible law that was just signed by the governor in Minnesota — the most really extreme abortion law that’s on the books in the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal." What is Minnesota's new abortion law? Titled the Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act, the bill—now passed—enshrines a constitutional right to “reproductive freedom,” ensuring the right to abortion in Minnesota up to birth for any reason, as well as the right to contraception and sterilization. Not only did it eliminate any parental notification, so that a girl in sixth grade can now obtain an abortion without her parents knowing. Also, consider the abuse that certainly must be involved for a young girl to find herself pregnant in the first place; abuse which would likely go unreported. “But the worst thing,” Bishop Barron added, “is it basically permits abortion all the way through pregnancy up to the very end. And indeed, indeed if a child somehow survives a botched abortion, the law now prohibits an attempt to save that child’s life.” This law goes further than previous laws in the state Protection for abortion in the state had...
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