“To put it bluntly, I have a few reservations about canon 1398.

“To put it bluntly, I have a few reservations about canon 1398. -A person who actually procures an abortion incurs a latae sententiae excommunication,- the canon states. Please do not mistake my reservations as support for abortion. In no way do I condone this intrinsically evil act, which the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches -is gravely contrary to the moral law- as well as an -abominable crime- (2271).”