Mexican bishop threatens excommunication

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Mexico said Wednesday that legislators who vote in favor of a proposed bill to legalize abortion in Mexico City would automatically be excommunicated when the first procedure was performed under the law.

Bishop Marcelino Hernandez said that, rather than any specific canonical procedure, that lawmakers who back the bill would automatically separate themselves from the church.

Someone needs to let these politicians know that, while they may not be able to receive Holy Communion in Mexico, they would certainly be welcomed in the US and in many dioceses and parishes...Excommunication is so...re-Vatican II!