Dr Ed Peters: Are pro-abortion Catholics are still Catholic?

Well, since you asked, Yes, pro-abortion Catholics are still Catholic

That's precisely the problem. But maybe we should back up.

The laity's rapidly growing awareness of canon law is yet another sign that confusion in the post-conciliar Church is receding. But, as more folks without canonical training try to apply canon law in real life, we should expect them to make some mistakes. Nothing terrible about that, provided such mistakes are corrected in due course. Hardly had I blogged on the misuse of canon law by notorious abortion advocate, Frances Kissling, than I see canon law being misconstrued by the famous pro-lifer, Judie Brown of the American Life League….

Brown/ALL is currently pushing the slogan "You Can’t be Catholic and Pro-Abortion" (original emphasis). I think this assertion is flawed. Even so, I might have let it pass except that their advertising claims that the slogan is "100% true" and "backed by the full authority of Canon Law 915" (Celebrate Life, May-June 2007, back cover). That kind of talk gets my attention.

Read the rest: http://www.canonlaw.info/2007/05/well-since-you-asked-yes-pro-abortion.html