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Cardinal O’Malley Shifts Course on Signature Gathering for Anti-Abortion-Funding Petition at Churches

Cardinal O’Malley Shifts Course on Signature Gathering for Anti-Abortion-Funding Petition at Churches

Activists trying to get a referendum on the ballot that would allow the state to stop public funding of abortions can now collect signatures at Roman Catholic churches in the Boston area, a reversal of a policy announced this past June. The new policy comes with restrictions:  Signature gatherers aren't supposed to be in the direct flow of foot traffic to and from Mass.

Activists trying to get a referendum on the ballot that would allow the state to stop public funding of abortions can now collect signatures at Roman Catholic churches in the Boston area, a reversal of a policy announced this past June. The new policy comes with restrictions:  Signature gatherers aren't supposed to be in the direct flow of foot traffic to and from Mass.…