past election built on the magnification of falsehoods and Catholics were voting not on HRC's Roe v Wade thoughts but on her being mischaracterized as evil where anti-abortion legislation sentiment was being used in part but not as the fulcrum.
I do believe Catholic bishops use their pulpit on governance policies by framing issues they don't like (or want to influence) as a religious ideology - therefore keeping their status and economic status intact.
The D's aren't the abortion party. But they are the party who believes in less governance by religion or religious dogma.