Should the Pats win, which oddsmakers say is likely, Archbishop Chaput will donate $100 to Catholic Charities of Boston.

Bipartisanship will be absolutely necessary to pass any meaningful federal legislation that changes our current stalemate on abortion.

“Families aren’t chains. They are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, grandfathers and brothers and sisters.”

The vote could open the door to legal abortion on demand in Ireland.

“It’s not just, ‘I’ll pray for you.’ We need to do something personally for them.”

Three Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while two Republicans voted to reject it.