"The regional archbishop, Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, pronounced excommunication for the mother for authorizing the operation and doctors who carried it out for fear that the slim girl would not survive carrying the fetuses to term.
"God's law is above any human law. So when a human law ... is contrary to God's law, this human law has no value," Cardoso had said.
He also said the accused stepfather would not be expelled from the church. Although the man allegedly committed "a heinous crime ... the abortion - the elimination of an innocent life - was more serious"."
God gave us the gift of free choice and thought. He gave us morals and values. The values and morals that this Bishop and the Brazilian Catholic Church is emulating is in no way just or morally right in any matter. "Human law has no value over God's law" bull shit I say. The poor girl was raped by all people her step dad and this is how you treat her, like dirt. I dont get it, how in the hell does he not get excommunicated when he raped her and she gets punished for getting her life saved. It is outragious. But I will continue this tomorrow perhaps.