{"id":1614,"date":"2018-02-02T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:29:13","slug":"the-14-catholic-senators-who-voted-against-banning-abortion-after-20-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1614","title":{"rendered":"The 14 Catholic Senators who voted against banning abortion after 20 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The good ol&#39; line &quot;We are the Church&quot;. Abortion on demand exists in the United States because of the complicity of Catholics. This was sent to me -&#0160; Excerpts below the link.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwightlongenecker.com\/lets-name-the-abortion-providing-politicians\/\">&#8230;shocking is the fact that fourteen senators who identify as Catholics voted against the bill\u2013in effect giving the nod to late term abortions. Even worse is the realization that if these men and women had voted for the bill it would have passed. Therefore, these fourteen have ensured that this barbaric procedure is still legal in America.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Today is the day for the fourteen men and women to be named. They need to be named, and those who are active in Catholic media must publish their names. This needs to be a nationwide, total Catholic publicity effort. It doesn\u2019t matter if you are a \u201cliberal\u201d or a \u201cconservative\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you have any voice, publish their names and publish the horror that they have enabled by their vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Their names are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maria Cantwell \u2013 Washington<\/li>\n<li>Susan Collins -Maine<\/li>\n<li>Dick Durbin \u2013 Illinois<\/li>\n<li>Kirsten Gillibrand \u2013 New York<\/li>\n<li>Heidi Heitkamp \u2013 North Dakota<\/li>\n<li>Tim Kaine \u2013 Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Leahy \u2013 Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Ed Markey \u2013 Massachussetts<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Cortez Masto \u2013 Nevada<\/li>\n<li>Claire McCaskill \u2013 Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Bob Menendez \u2013 New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Murkowski \u2013 Alaska<\/li>\n<li>Patty Murray \u2013 Washington<\/li>\n<li>Jack Reed \u2013 Rhode Island<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That these fourteen identify publicly as Catholic go <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_affiliation_in_the_United_States_Senate\">here<\/a>.&#0160; To see how they voted go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00025\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And of course the Bishops will mutter under their breath &#8211; and do nothing. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09eef722970d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senators and bishops\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09eef722970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09eef722970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"Senators and bishops\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The good ol&#39; line &quot;We are the Church&quot;. Abortion on demand exists in the United States because of the complicity of Catholics. This was sent to me -&#0160; Excerpts below the link. &#8230;shocking is the fact that fourteen senators who identify as Catholics voted against the bill\u2013in effect giving the nod to late term abortions. 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