From feministing.com, a nine year old girl was raped by her stepfather, got pregnant with twins, and had an abortion because of the young age of the girl, and yet the catholic church decides to excommunicate everyone involved in the abortion!!! And this, even though abortion is perfectly legal in Brazil in cases of rape! Of course, I think abortion should be allowed everywhere period, screw "laws", but for these pompous, self-righteous assholes to do such a thing is pure EVIL!
Like many times throughout history the church has played roles in some horrific events, they once again have demonstrated their willingness to play the role of their own personification of evil: lucifer, which is why I am using this edition of The Lucifer Effect to write about this story.
The above linked to story is reproduced below:
Roman Catholic Church: Excommunication for all who supported 9-year old rape victim's abortion
There really are no words for this kind of case.
A community poster already covered the uproar by the Brazilian Roman Catholic Church of the abortion of a 9-year old girl who was raped by her stepfather. This is despite the fact that abortion is legal in Brazil in cases of rape and when the woman's life is in danger, which both applies to this girl (as she not only weighs just 80 pounds but was pregnant with twins):
The Catholic Church tried to intervene to prevent the abortion going ahead but the procedure was carried out on Wednesday.
Now a Church spokesman says all those involved, including the child's mother and the doctors, are to be excommunicated.
The Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, told Brazil's TV Globo that the law of God was above any human law.
He said the excommunication would not apply to the child because of her age, but would affect all those who ensured the abortion was carried out.
How merciful of them.
Here is the story linked to above:
I'm so appalled
On Wednesday, a nine-year-old girl who was pregnant with twins after her stepfather raped her underwent an abortion in Brazil despite vocal objection from the Brazil Roman Catholic Church.
It's good to know that two fetuses are more important than the physical and psychological well-being of an actual child. I thought it might be morally reprehensible to force an eighty pound girl to give birth to twins after a grown man brutally attacks her, but clearly I stand corrected.
It makes me absolutely sick to see instances where this little girl - who probably wants nothing more than to be a kid again - has to put up a fight just to begin piecing her life back together. Was she treated with respect and dignity during this process? Is she receiving the help she needs? I don't know. I would like to assume yes, but when a huge entity like the Catholic Church turns on a defenseless child, I'm somewhat skeptical that the healing process was really the number one priority on the table here.
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