Church Urges Mexico MDs Against Abortion

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Church Urges Mexico MDs Against Abortion
Monday, April 30, 2007 12:40:01 PM

MEXICO CITY(AP)

The Roman Catholic Church on Sunday called on doctors in Mexico City not to perform abortions and lamented the city's decision to legalize the procedure in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

The church has vowed to continue its anti-abortion campaign even through it is under investigation for possibly violating Mexican laws forbidding the church's participation in politics.

Mexico City officials have said doctors at city-run hospitals cannot refuse to perform abortions based on personal moral objection, but in a letter read at Sunday Mass, Cardinal Norberto Rivera said they could.

"We call on all of those of good conscience not to be responsible for the abominable act," the letter stated. "We remind the doctors, nurses, health care workers and all those affected by this unjust law, that they can invoke their human right to conscientious objection."



Read more: http://www.cfnews13.com/Health/HealthHeadlines/2007/4/30/church_urges_mexico_mds_against_abortion.html

[shenmue]

1. Why is it an "abominable act" to save a woman from an ectopic pregnancy?

:shrug:

:grr:

[Xmark]

2. Abortion rights

Because, silly, THEY don't have to go through something like that!

Yes, for the record, I'm being sarcastic.

[JVS]

5. According to these people, the church doesn't say it is

"The Roman Catholic Church considers life to begin at conception, when an egg is fertilized by a sperm. Therefore, abortion is seen as a form of murder, making it a sin. Any Catholic that obtains or takes part in an abortion is considered to be excommunicated from the Church, although they may be allowed back if they ask for forgiveness for their sin. In addition to an actual abortion procedure, the Church views other actions, including the use of an IUD, the Morning After Pill, RU-486; embryonic stem cell research, and IVF, as acts of abortion because they have the potential to destroy an embryo. Yet, the Church also distinguishes between what they consider to be a direct abortion and an indirect abortion.

A direct abortion is an act that purposely ends the life of an embryo or fetus. These forms of abortion are always thought to be morally wrong, thus making them a sin. An indirect abortion refers to an act that is used to save a woman’s life but that indirectly causes an unborn child to die. For example, a woman dealing with an ectopic pregnancy would need to have part of her fallopian tube removed in order to save her life. Although the fetus is not destroyed by this act, it will die because it is taken out of the body. However, this type of situation very rarely arises thereby making the majority of abortion procedures a grave sin in the eyes of the Church."

http://www.epigee.org/guide/catholicism.html

[Megahurtz]

3. So Then Are They Going To

educate the Women (and Men) about Birth Control, and provide Birth Control for them??? :grr:

[Delphinus]

4. I was listening to Talk of the Nation today

and they had on a woman who went and interviewed other women about why we, the Democratic Party, lost in 2004. I was amazed at how abortion and gay marriage was what made so many women vote Republican.