Under Vatican ruling, abortion triggers automatic excommunication. (Cover Story).(Cover Story)

National Catholic Reporter | January 17, 2003| | Copyright

Under a 1988 Vatican ruling, "abortion" is defined as any method used to terminate a pregnancy from the moment of conception. Abortion thus understood is always illicit, according to the official discipline of the Catholic church, and can trigger excommunication for the parties involved.

The church's condemnation of abortion includes not only interventions to remove a fetus before birth, but the use of all abortifacients, including intrauterine devices and certain types of birth control pills that prevent implantation or stimulate uterine contractions to reject a ...

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