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Ballot Question That Would Make It Possible To Stop Public Funding of Abortion in Massachusetts Takes First Step

Matthew McDonald

The chairman of a group seeking to ask voters to end a court requirement that public funds pay for abortions in Massachusetts says he has filed papers to put the measure on the November 2022 general election ballot.

Thomas Harvey, chairman of the Massachusetts Alliance To Stop Taxpayer-Funded Abortion, said he filed papers with signatures with the Massachusetts Attorney General's office ahead of the deadline Wednesday, August 7.

Investigate Marty Walsh, Says Catholic Action League
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Investigate Marty Walsh, Says Catholic Action League

Matthew McDonald

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts is calling for an investigation of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for what it describes as bullying tactics several years ago to get the organizers of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston to allow organizations that openly identify as homosexual to march.

C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League, said Walsh's behavior then is largely similar to the behavior of two of his aides who were convicted Wednesday in federal court in Boston on extortion charges for pressuring an entertainment company putting together a festival to use union workers.

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