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By David Gibson - Politics Daily"Chalk talks" have long been a favorite method for Sunday school teachers to illustrate a Bible story, as alumni of the pre-Power Point days of religious education will recall. But can the same blackboard method work to explain the complexities of abortion and excommunication in the Roman Catholic Church's Code of Canon Law? Not to mention the ethical principle of the double-effect? The American Life League thinks so. The ALL's nifty video explainer below stems from the case of the nun at a Phoenix hospital who was declared excommunicated last month by the local bishop for agreeing to ...
Nun Excommunicated For Abortion Decision To Save Mother's Life
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen it comes to Catholic teaching on abortion, no exceptions are allowed. Even if carrying a pregnancy to term would result in the death of both mother and child, abortion is still not an option. Which is why a nun who is an administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix this week found herself formally excommunicated -- essentially the sacramental equivalent of capital punishment. The episode stems from a series of events that began last November, when a 27-year-old woman who was 11 weeks pregnant with her fifth child was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. ...
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