Abortion - Deliberate, intentional destruction of the human fetus at any stage after conception or the expulsion of it from the womb when it is not viable. Morally, from the viewpoint of natural law ethics and from divine revelation, abortion is a fundamental evil. The right to life is the most basic of all human rights; the right to life of the innocent is inviolable. The destruction of innocent human life is contrary to the …showed first 75 words of 282 total…

…showed last 75 words of 282 total…stake, to bring about a reversal of the Supreme Court decision and so to insure legal protection for the unborn, and to address the specific needs of women with problems related to pregnancy so that they will have alternatives to abortion. According to cannon law, a Catholic who actually procures an abortion incurs automatic excommunication (Canon 1398); accomplices (that is, those without whose assistance the abortion would not have been committed) also incur excommunication. (CCC 2269-2274, 2322)