Byrne is a devoted Catholic, based on his social media, where he expressed broad support of the late Pope Benedict XVI.
“On a more personal level, he deeply influenced the development of my faith in God and I am grateful to him for that,” Byrne wrote on his Twitter page.
As pope, Benedict stated human life’s beginning as conception, and said preserving that value was “not negotiable.”, amid a 2007 papal trip to Brazil, as saying legislators and politicians who vote in favor of abortion should “exclude themselves from communion.” Byrne’s biography on the 12th District Court of Appeals website also notes his role as an advisory board member for Pregnancy Center East, a Cincinnati-area facility that provides pregnancy services, including ultrasounds, parental workshops and “abortion information.”
Part of the information provided on the center’s website is information on reversing a medication abortion through the use of progesterone after taking the first of a two-pill regimen called mifepristone.because of serious medical issues experienced by the participants. But the information has been pushed by GOP members of the state’s legislature in the past, with Senate Bill 155, an unpassed piece of legislation from 2019 attempting to require physicians to notify patients ofAccording to Byrne’s LinkedIn, he was an advisory board member for Pregnancy Center East from January 2015 to December 2020.Scroll to read more Ohio News articles
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