When Abortion is Right, and the Catholic Church is Dead Wrong

[Stingo]

The Catholic church is reavealing the shallowness of its moral doctrine again, this time in Brazil, where they are dead set on excommunicating a mother and the doctors who performed an abortion on her nine year old daugheter, pregnant by her stepfather. Defenders of the church should respond, as should anti-choice folks. Santorum, maybe?

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/03/06/when-abortion-is-right-and-the-catholic-church-is-dead-wrong/

[MADem]

1. I think that woman in Brasil would do well to not take any instruction, advice, direction or

scolding from men who can't ever walk a mile in her vagina, or her daughter's, and by whose reputation and horrific BEHAVIOR as a group have demonstrated that their judgment is sorely lacking. They need to clean up their own house before they start doing the white glove test in the homes of others. And that won't happen until they give the females in our society an equal role and voice in their noxious organization.

They're such stupid asses, too--if they did four things--allowed priests to marry, accepted women as priests, got rid of the asinine proscription that no one follows vis a vis birth control (and of course, they don't dare say shit when the families of today are two or three kids, not the "usual" five to twelve), and got rid of the gay hate, they'd probably triple their current membership AND contributions overnight. Of all of the "Invisible Man in the Sky" faiths, they possess some of the most vigorous intellectual rigor, and that appeals to many. Their day-to-day judgment about what rules and regs they expect the flock of the "universal" church to follow, though, are archaic to put it kindlly.

Besides, their fashion sense sucks. That should disqualify them from serious concern, at any rate. Those aren't 'robes'--they're dresses. And beanies and bejewelled, decorated cereal boxes atop the heads of adult men? No, no, no--as Heidi Klum would say "You're AWWWWT!"

[SharonAnn]

4. The mother and daughter were excommunicated. Not the stepfather who raped and impregnated her.

[MADem]

5. I rest my case. They're idiots. nt

[Callalily]

2. The Catholic church has always

and will always continue to enforce archaic rules. Compassion, and for that matter, down right common sense, does not seem to be part of their doctrine.

[Stingo]

3. They are rigid

and they have politicians who blindly follow their doctrine, which in this case is one of death.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Absolutely horrendous

Especially as continuing the pregnancy could have resulted in severe injury or even death for the child, and it's very likely that the babies would not have survived in any case.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

7. Does this really surprise anyone?

From the church that brought us such gems as ignoring child molestation, excommuniating 9 year old rape victims, and recinding the excommunication of a holocaust denier? Really what does this out of date, bloated, rancid carcass of a church have to offer the human race? For anyone to sit in the pews of this abomination of human decency is beyond my comprehension.