Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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UPDATED 4:01 PM PT – Saturday, July 24, 2021
Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) archbishop has criticized her for invoking Catholicism while simultaneously advocating for taxpayer-funded abortions. Despite claiming to be a devout Catholic, Pelosi has said taxpayer-funded abortions are a “priority.”
Pelosi’s statement came as she defended House Democrats’ current effort to eliminate the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal dollars from being used to fund most abortions. In response Thursday, the archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, rebuked Pelosi, saying “no one can claim to be a devout Catholic and condone the killing of innocent human life, let alone have the government pay for it.”