The Governor has included in his annual budget a proposal that would legalize commercial surrogate parenting -- that is, the sale of babies. This would treat women and babies as commodities to be bought and sold and would expose vulnerable women to economic exploitation -- even to the point of pressuring them to have abortions.

Shortly after the New Year, I took a personal weekend and flew to Ireland.  While I always cherish a visit to the Emerald Isle, this was not really a “vacation” and I certainly wasn’t there for the weather! No, what caused me to cross the Atlantic was something much more meaningful: the opportunity to visit, however briefly, with Sister Bosco and several of the other Mercy Sisters who taught me at Holy Infant parish school in my hometown of Ballwin, Missouri. It was they who, along with my Mom, Dad, and grandparents, nurtured my faith, inspired my vocation, gave me a first-rate education…and instilled in me a profound appreciation and love for Catholic schools.

The recent horrific murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child revealed a fatal flaw in the new radical abortion law -- there is no way to prosecute someone for deliberately attacking an unborn child. There is no justice for the unborn here in New York.

Today, with a home field advantage in the New York Times, Governor Cuomo linked me with the “religious right.”

We continue to hear falsehoods about the new radical abortion law. The reality is that late-term abortions are not rare, and this law permits them up until the moment of birth for any reason and even allows babies born alive to be killed by neglect.