In Brazil, a nine year old girl was pregnant, due to a suspected case of rape by her stepfather.
The mother of this girl allowed an abortion to be performed. The mother was then excommunicated.
Was excommunication the best choice?
In an alternate universe, I would not have publicized this case...I would have had the mother through the Sacrament confess the abortion, and the little girl receive absolution since she had no way of stopping the abortion and couldn't have made a decision herself either way, and if it is found that the stepfather raped the girl, excommunicate him, because his alleged act is the act that led to the abortion.
Is abortion simply unforgivable period? No one in Brazil can recieve absolution for this after confessing it?
I'm not questioning the overall postion on abortion here...
Just the nature of the response.
