BREAKING: San Francisco archbishop bars Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "Just earlier this month she once again, as she has many times before, explicitly cited her Catholic faith while justifying abortion as a 'choice,' this time setting herself in direct opposition to Pope Francis."He quoted a statement Pelosi made to the Seattle Times earlier this month in which she fumed over the leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion that would uphold Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban and overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
36% :Last year, Cordileone issued a missive condemning "the evil of abortion" and suggesting that an "erring Catholic" who continues to support abortion rights after being confronted by their pastor must be temporarily excluded from communion.
31% : In a "letter to the faithful," the archbishop wrote that after repeated attempts to speak with Pelosi and persuade her to adhere to the Catholic Church's teaching that life begins at conception and abortion is a sin, he has determined to place her under public church discipline.
30% : "Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi's position on abortion has become only more extreme over the years, especially in the last few months," Cordileone wrote.
27% : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been barred from receiving Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco because of her increasingly "extreme" position on abortion, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone announced Friday.

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