Massachusetts Goes Full Diabolical
By Ray Ross (Respect Life Team)
H5595
On August 10, Maura Healy, Governor of Massachusetts, signed into law H5595 which allows a
baby to be aborted right up to the last second before the baby is delivered. As one interviewed
Ob/Gyn stated: in the last trimester a baby cannot be killed in the womb because doing so
becomes a threat to the life of the mother. The baby must be delivered through inducement or
caesarian section and then killed.
In response to the outrage for signing this bill into law, Healy’s office issued a statement in
which she called herself, “a proud Catholic.”
Lindsay Clancy
While H5595 was being signed into law not too far away in Plymouth, Massachusetts hundreds
of women were surrounding the courthouse every day in support of Lindsay Clancy who was on
trial for strangling her three young children. Her defense claimed that she was insane at the
time of the murders. Yet, prior to the killings she send her husband to the store and during the
murders called him and sent him off to another store because she was worried he would come
home too soon. Lindsay, a nurse, had gone to a number of doctors to get prescriptions for a
variety of psychological drugs. The defense claimed that the drugs caused her temporary
insanity and that she was also suffering from post partum psychosis.
Unlike most states, in Massachusetts the prosecution has to prove the defendant was NOT
insane in an insanity trial. Thanks to the moral courage of one brave male the trial ended in a
hung jury. In the meantime, more than $3,000,000 has been poured in supporting Clancy.
The Kutzko Family
In early September the Kutzko family who are Catholic and live in the upscale town of
Southborough, Massachusetts discovered that their teenage daughter who was attending
Algonquin Regional High School had been counseled by a teacher and guidance counselor to
undergo a sex change. The teacher and the counselor with the support of the school
administration contacted the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families claiming the
girl was afraid to go home. The parents have said that they were completely unaware of their
daughter’s request for a sex change and only discovered what was going on when their
daughter didn’t return from school.
The DCF removed the girl and placed her in an all boys home, then put her on psychological drugs and birth control.
Maura Healy has stated the child was not placed because of her desire for a sexual transition,
but has instead, through the DCF, brought criminal charges against the parents for physical
abuse.
The parents are fighting the state to block testosterone treatment and to get their daughter
back.
In summary, each of these events call for clear moral leadership by the Catholic Church in
Massachusetts. The passage of H5595 is a case in point. There was no organized parish-by-
parish lobbying campaign timed to the House vote, and no reported canonical action against
Catholic public officials who supported the bill. Critics of the bishops (including the Catholic
Action League of Massachusetts) argued the public statement came a week after the House vote and only about 48 hours before the Senate vote, leaving little time to mobilize.