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A pro-life pregnancy center in Asheville, North Carolina, had its windows smashed and its building defaced with pro-abortion messaging late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. According to Asheville Police, officers discovered red spray paint on the Mountain Area Pregnancy Services building with the words “No forced birth” and “If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you!” Multiple windows were broken and an anarchist symbol was left on the front of the building, said police, who are calling the damage a vandalism and are seeking the perpetrator. The police said that a forensic team found blood on a broken window, which suggests the perpetrator may have been injured. The vandalisms are the latest in a string of attacks against pro-life pregnancy centers. Centers in Washington DC, Washington state, Maryland, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Texas have been vandalized. Notably, a pro-life pregnancy center in upstate New York sustained major damage in a fire and was defaced with pro-abortion graffiti Tuesday morning. The center, CompassCare, located in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, posted photos on its Facebook page showing the building’s windows shattered, an office burned and heavily damaged, and the words “Jane was here” spray-painted on the side of the building. Variations of that message have been featured in some of the recent attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and churches since a draft opinion leaked to the media last month indicated that the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
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Colorado’s four Catholic bishops wrote in a recent letter that Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who voted for an extreme abortion bill that stripped all rights from the unborn child should refrain from receiving Holy Communion. Voting for the Reproductive Health and Equity Act (RHEA) was “participating in a gravely sinful action because it facilitates the killing of innocent unborn babies,” said a letter to lawmakers from the state’s Catholic bishops. The law explicitly excludes any rights to unborn children, saying “(a) fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state.” The bishops’ letter said they tried to speak with lawmakers who voted for the abortion bill to ensure that they understand Catholic teaching, but few lawmakers accepted an invitation to meet.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251479/colorado-bishops-say-lawmakers-who-backed-states-abortion-law-should-refrain-from-communion
Today, the Church celebrates Saint Medard. Born around 456 in Salency, France, he was ordained a priest at the age of 33, and did not wish to be made a bishop, but reluctantly became the Bishop of Vermand in 530. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, his memory has always been venerated in northern France, and he soon became the hero of numerous legends.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-medard-bishop-495