Recently, Republicans tried to ban late-term abortions in America, a measure that was sadly voted down. Among those who voted against the measure were 14 Catholic senators. Catholic Priest  Father Dwight Longenecker believes that they should be excommunicated from the church.

He wrote: 

“Today is the day for their bishops to issue a formal statement acknowledging that these men and women have publicly denied their Catholic faith, and if not formally, then have informally excommunicated themselves. So fourteen Catholic senators voted for this barbaric, inhumane practice to still be legal in the United States and thereby assured its continuation.”

“Since their offense is public, it should be acknowledged publicly and their pastors should publicly rebuke them and deny them access to the sacraments,” he added. “If the bishops and priests do not do this, the faithful in their parishes and dioceses should rise up and blizzard them with letters, emails and the one thing that will really make them sit up and take notice: withholding their contributions.”

The Catholic priests voting against the proposed legislation were both Democrats and Republicans, so this is not a partisan issue. The Vactican is extremely clear that "cooperation in an abortion is a grave offense," so why are these senators not censured for their cooperation?