Abortion — 3
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“Aperson who procures effective abortion, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication.” (Canon 1398 CIC).
On the part of the Church, the thus cited canonical provision has specific reference to an individual with mind and will functions (“person”) in the desired and designed procurement of abortion. The Church Law is directly relevant to the killing of a fetus in the womb of the mother (“abortion”). The normative enactment is only applicable when an abortion in fact (“effective”) takes place. The penalty of excommunication is automatically incurred (latae sententiae) the moment factual abortion happens, irrespective of place and time.
When is abortion said to be procured? Canonically speaking, procurement of abortion means not merely the reality of abortion but also the due knowledge and deliberate intention of having the fetus in the mother’s womb actually killed..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120221com7.html
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