Rape, abortion, excommunication
A 9-year-old girl in Brazil was raped by her stepfather and became pregnant with twins. So, naturally, the local archbishop’s first response was to excommunicate the girl’s mother for opting for abortion, and her doctors, who believed the girl's life was at risk, for performing the procedure. The Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law clearly states that “the doctors who committed the abortion” and “those who directly assisted in the deed” will be excommunicated. The girl’s age protects her from any penalty.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Catholic Church's Congregation for Bishops, told the Italian daily La Stampa yesterday the twins the girl had been carrying had a right to live.
Rezumat:In Brazilia o fetita de 9 any fiind violata de tatal ei vitreg a ramas gravida cu gemeni.Doctorii au sugerat imediat avort pentru ca a pastra sarcina ar fi pus in pericol viata fetitei.Pentru acordul dat medicilor,mama fetitei atat cat si doctorii ce au efectuat procedura au fost excomunicati de catre biserica (,,,) catolica.Varsta fetitei o protejeaza pe aceasta de vreo pedeapsa.Cardinalul Battista Re a declarat ziarului La Stampa ca gemenii aveau dreptul sa traiasca ( evident in ciuda faptului ca medicii s-au pronuntat definitiv despre faptul ca fetita nu ar fi supravietuit unei nasteri) si ca Vaticanul suporta decizia de excomunicare a celor implicati.
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/94019...excommunication
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7926694.stm
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/...0,4671321.story