Abortion, assisted suicide 'always wrong,' bishops tell Catholic lawmakers

[Heddi]

https://www.ncronline.org/news/theology/abortion-assisted-suicide-always-wrong-bishops-tell-catholic-lawmakers


Comments made by Catholic legislators in New Mexico in support of abortion and physician-assisted suicide "do not represent" church teaching and "may be confusing to the Catholic faithful," said the state's Catholic bishops.
"It is not appropriate for elected officials to publicly invoke their Catholic faith and to present their personal opinions as official church teaching," the bishops said in a statement. "This misrepresents church teaching and creates a public scandal for the faithful. Furthermore, this action publicly separates a person from communion with the Catholic faith."

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Another state lawmaker who describes himself as "a faithful Catholic," Democratic Sen. Gerald Ortiz Pino has introduced a Senate bill that would repeal religious exemptions for participating in abortions. He also is one of the Democrats backing a physician-assisted suicide bill.

Ortiz Pino is chair of the Democratic-controlled Senate Public Affairs Committee that voted on a measure March 3 to legalize assisted-suicide. The Catholic Church and Gov. Susana Martinez oppose the bill, which now has to go to the full Senate.

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"It is not morally permissible for a Catholic to support abortion or doctor-assisted suicide," the bishops said.
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They said they also visit the New Mexico Legislature when there are opportunities to make the church's priorities known to its members about upholding the dignity of the human person and a consistent ethic of life from conception to natural death.

[cilla4progress]

1. Who the hell's body do they think this IS?

Fuck! I don't subscribe to their cult yet they think my body belongs to their fairy tale leader? Egregious arrogance. Fascistic.

Not to mention hypocrites. Catholic legislators' views are inappropriate but theirs are relevant??

[shenmue]

2. Even to save a woman from a deadly ectopic pregnancy?

[Lordquinton]

3. I saw a guy who redefined abortion when pressed on that issue

He challanged us to get a biologist to prove that zygotes were human cells, but didn't want an english major to define abortion.

[Humanist_Activist]

4. That's specifically forbidden...

Here's the directive used by Catholic Hospitals and healthcare providers:

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/health-care/upload/Ethical-Religious-Directives-Catholic-Health-Care-Services-fifth-edition-2009.pdf

Go to the first sentence of page 27, and you find this:

48. In case of extrauterine pregnancy, no intervention is morally licit which constitutes a direct abortion.