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Maura Healey: The Case for Excommunication

Root criticizes Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's support for expanded abortion access and contrasts it with her public identification as Catholic. He argues that bishops should consider formal ecclesiastical discipline rather than limit their response to public statements.

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Max Root|Crisis Magazine|

Abortion and the Rights of Unborn Girls

Root argues that framing abortion exclusively around adult women's rights leaves the rights of unborn girls out of the discussion. Drawing on Catholic moral reasoning and criticism of sex-selective abortion, he calls for a conception of equality that includes children before birth.

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