A New York measure that would prevent state regulations on abortion is a “radical” bill in a state where the abortion rate is already “double the national average,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Jan. 9 letter. Cuomo, a Catholic, is pictured during a 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)