Terry McAuliffe unwelcome at alma mater due to abortion views.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse has canceled a book talk by Terry McAuliffe because he publicly supports abortion rights.

McAuliffe, chairman of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign and author of a New York Times best-selling memoir, was to speak on Saturday to about 100 alumni of Bishop Ludden High School, his Catholic alma mater in Syracuse, about "What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals.''

But his public support of abortion rights violates diocesan policy, said Danielle Cummings, assistant chancellor and diocesan spokeswoman. She cited McAuliffe's statement, "I am pro-choice, no question about it,'' on the Jan. 29 broadcast of the Hugh Hewitt national radio show.

"Any person who publicly supports abortion, or who holds that abortion is a right or a matter of choice, may not be invited to speak at diocesan functions or in its diocesan/parish facilities (except at an academic symposium where both sides of the issue can be fairly presented),'' states the policy announced in November 2003.
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