A short piece from the NYTimes, with nothing much new except this quote from McBrien

On the other end of the spectrum, some Catholic thinkers say nothing in church doctrine addresses how moral teachings should be specifically applied through laws.

“The only way that you can separate yourself from the church is by knowingly and deliberately denying a dogma of faith,” said the Rev. Richard P. McBrien, a professor of theology at Notre Dame and a liberal in such matters. “Abortion is not a dogma.”