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Bishops Must Boot New York Governor Andrew Cuomo From Catholic Church for New All-Nine-Months Abortion Law, D.C. Pastor Says

Matthew McDonald

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should be denied communion and possibly excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church for signing into a law a bill that allows abortion up to the point of birth, a Washington D.C. pastor says.

"It is time to end the charade, even the lie, that Andrew Cuomo and others like him are Catholics in good standing. They are not, and this must be made plain to them and to others," writes Monsignor Charles Pope in the National Catholic Register.

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Japan Supreme Court Declares “Sterilization” Constitutional; Required Before Legal Recognition Of Gender Change

Bill Gnade

The Supreme Court of Japan has declared a Japanese law constitutional that requires people who seek legal recognition of their gender change to first undergo surgical sterilization.

The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that the court ruling "was intended to prevent 'problems' in parent-child relations that could lead to societal 'confusion' and 'abrupt changes' in society." AFP further reports that the court "acknowledged 'doubts'" whether its decision reflected "changing social values, but said the law was constitutional."

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