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In response to
"I'm honestly a little confused, I thought the church made an exception for life threatening situations. -- nm"
by
loosilu
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No, I think they allow non-abortive surgeries or procedures to save her life; but never a direct abortion for the purpose of destroying the fetus.
Posted by
mara
May 23 '12, 13:32
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"However, if medical treatment or surgical operation, necessary to save a mother's life, is applied to her organism (though the child's death would, or at least might, follow as a regretted but unavoidable consequence), it should not be maintained that the fetal life is thereby directly attacked."
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