Scottish “Bishops” Decry Buffer Zones While Failing to Condemn Abortion’s Intrinsic Evil
Catholic News Agency reports that the Scottish “Bishops’ Conference” has denounced the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024, which criminalizes prayer and pro-life advocacy within 200 meters of abortion facilities. The legislation explicitly bans silent vigils, leafleting, and “religious preaching” near 30 abortion centers across Scotland. While the “bishops” correctly identify the law’s assault on fundamental freedoms, their critique remains fatally compromised by theological modernism and refusal to name abortion’s intrinsic evil (Catechism of St. Pius X).