This will help many of the very online canon lawyers here trying to understand why Catholicism (born 33AD) is at odds with your Left/Right (born 1789)
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1235474665671254016
Where church A (or synagogue or mosque) says that Politician X is not welcome in A for publicly repudiating A's most fundamental doctrines - this is A protecting itself from public scandal & sin. X continues to hold the office they hold, albeit X's soul may be in grave jeopardy.
Christianity since it was in private homes & the Catacombs has preached against abortion. The earliest Christians rescued & adopted babies abandoned by the pagan Roman culture. Nothing has changed here since the times of Saints Peter & Paul. The deposit of Faith must be guarded. 
Catholicism is tough. Life begins at conception and ends at natural death. As best you can, the faithful are to carry what will seem like heavy crosses through life, right to the end until God calls you home. But that is why we have solidarity - why we all have to help each other
This is also why the Church runs schools, hospitals, orphanages, etc & has done for two millenia. We as a Faith have not always done this (at all) perfectly but it was/is to promote community solidarity as part of Christian mission. Btw Secularism pokes this Bear at its peril
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