THE ARCHBISHOP SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW WHO HE'S WAVING FOR

By Tim Rohr

In the previous post, I referenced Lou Leon Guerrero's 2013 testimony on Bill 195-32. In that testimony, the now-governor testified against legislation which would mandate normal medical care for babies who survive a failed abortion. In short, Lou's position was: let them die. 

The late Bob Klitzkie made her testimony famous on his afternoon radio show, playing the audio of that testimony every Friday over several years. 

The bill eventually went to a vote, passed the Legislature by a vote of 10 to 5, and was enacted into law as Public Law 32-090. 

Since Senator Tina Muna Barnes is on the ticket with Josh Tenorio, who is demonstrably pro-abortion, some are asking about Muna-Barnes' position on the issue. 

I've engaged the senator on the issue over a period of several years while working with The Esperansa Project in our many attempts to enact legislation regulating Guam's almost completely unregulated abortion industry. 

Over a period of eight years, The Esperansa Project helped enact into law, eight laws restricting and regulating abortion in common sense ways using similar legislation in other states as precedent. 

I would characterize the senator's position on abortion as "squishy." The voting record on the aforesaid bill mandating normal medical care for babies who survive failed abortions demonstrates my characterization:

Muna Barnes has a check in the Yea box but also two marks in the Nay box. This means she passed on the first two rounds of votes and only voted yea on the third and final vote. This was a smart move for someone who doesn't want to take a definitive position. She waited to see which way the vote would go and then she voted with the winners. In other words: "squishy."

Meanwhile, don't look for a position on abortion on the Josh & Tina platform. It's an issue they'd rather not be made public. And from a politics perspective, it's a smart thing to do - or in this case - not to do. Abortion isn't an issue in this election. And it's not an issue because Guam voters don't want it to be an issue. As the stats - and the last two gubernatorial elections - show, the majority of Guam voters want abortion on demand. 

However, the archbishop should at least know who he's waving for:

The archbishop's publicly joining this team makes a mockery of the speech he gave just a few days previously on the occasion of Catholic Prolife Committee's 2026 March for Life.