A Topic of Moral Theology
Procuring abortion (Can. 2350)
Effect required; the mother not excepted.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Penalty for Abortion — in Killing the Innocent
Also asked about as…
excommunication for abortion · is abortion an excommunication (ed.)
In the index as Abortion · Fetus · Acceleration of birth · Mother · Apostasy · Beating · Religious · Surgical operation · Vexation of animals · Vow
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fifth. On the Fifth P…, Question Fifth. On the Kil…, Article Second. On the Procuring of Abortion, nn. 341, 342, 343, 344, 345 & 346 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. II, Bk. X, Pt. III, Ch. I, D.—Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary, nn. 11, 12, 13 & 14 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. II, Tr. XIX, Chapter IV. On Censures in Individual Delicts, n. 998, Q. 3 — Question 3. Is a mother procuring abortion for herself subject to excommunication? Resp. Affirmatively. The mother is no longer excepted. The delict is supposed as explained by Sixtus V, and consummated by the effect hav… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Excommunications Reserved to the Ordinary — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)