Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore has joined other Catholic bishops in calling for a change in the United States’s abortion policy, saying President Joe Biden is on a “path that leads to death and destruction.”
Biden signed an executive order Friday that directs Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to outline federal protection of abortion access in light of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and return the fight for abortion rights to the states.
“It is deeply disturbing and tragic that President Biden is choosing instead to use his power as president of the United States to promote and facilitate abortion in our country, seeking every possible avenue to deny unborn children their most basic human and civil right, the right to life,” Lori said in a statement.
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The archbishop urged the president “to abandon this path that leads to death and destruction and to choose life.”
“As always, the Catholic Church stands ready to work with this administration and all elected officials to protect the right to life of every human being and to ensure that pregnant and parenting mothers are fully supported in the care of their children before and after birth,” Lori continued.
Lori’s comments follow Pope Francis reiterating his opposition to abortion last week, likening it to hiring a “hit man to solve a problem.” The pope pointed to the need for acknowledging that science shows a fetus is a human life.
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Several bishops have also stated their support of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s barring of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from receiving Holy Communion in light of her stance on abortion. Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., has stated that he does not have plans to implement Cordileone’s ban.
