Baby murderers shouldn’t get Catholic funeral Masses.I suppose she could have asked forgiveness before she died, but if not, she excommunicated herself by procuring an abortion.
Q. 1. Does the Catechism of the Catholic Church teach us anything about how a Catholic can be forgiven of the sin of abortion?More at the link.
# 2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae," [CIC, can. 1398] "by the very commission of the offense," [CIC, can. 1314] and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. [Cf. CIC, cann. 1323-1324] The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society. [1463] ...
Q. 2. What does that mean in simple English?
A. 2. It means that anyone who has an abortion, participates in an abortion, or supports an abortion, he or she, by the previously mentioned actions, is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. (C.C.C. # 2273)
A Catholic priest was with her when she died. It should be the prayer of Catholics that she repented of this sin before she died and was able to make a good confession. She certainly had plenty of warning—this didn’t happen in a matter of seconds.
Sidewalk counselors warned her repeatedly about the dangers of this procedure as she went into and out of the abortuary.