House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has hit back at a San Francisco archbishop who last week announced he would deny her Communion over her refusal to support aligning US law with Catholic doctrine when it comes to a woman’s right to end an unwanted pregnancy.
Ms Pelosi, the second-highest ranking Catholic official in the US, suggested church officials who rail against Democratic politicians who don’t support laws banning abortion are using a double standard because they rarely speak out against leaders who support the death penalty despite the Catholic church’s longstanding opposition to capital punishment.
