I really like the sources you provided:

NPR:

After debate last year about whether Communion should be denied to Catholics who support abortion rights, including politicians, U.S. bishops decided not to implement such a policy and instead urged Catholics veering from church teachings to refrain from taking Communion

Wikipedia

In 2008, a minority of American bishops supported denying communion to pro-abortion rights Catholic legislators … These statements of intent from church authorities have sometimes led American Catholic voters to vote for candidates who wish to ban abortion… While there was thus disagreement among the bishops about the opportuneness of refusing the Eucharist to Catholic politicians promoting legalization of abortion, there was unanimity regarding the moral obligation of Catholic politicians who participate in what their Church considers a seriously sinful action to refrain from going to Communion

My takeaway is some Catholics may have been influenced by the opinion of individual bishops, but the church has been quick and consistent in its messaging that in regard to abortion and communion their request is: if you had an abortion, please don’t take communion if you haven’t confessed and asked for forgiveness. (This is the same request they’d ask for what they’d consider any mortal sin.)

It certainly doesn’t seem to suggest the Church is advocating for specific politicians, like my comment you originally replied to mentions.