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I’ve always looked at churches as clubs. Clubs, by definition have rules. If you don’t like the rules, you don’t belong in the club.

The position of the Catholic Church, as I understand it, is that abortion is a no-no, you don’t do it, you don’t support people who do it. If you do support people who do it, you have violated the rules of the club and have voluntarily relinquished your membership.

Case closed.

You got it. The Catholic Church has stood against abortion for nearly 2000 years. Amazing, isn't it?

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1 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion,
URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2271.htm

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2 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A
URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2272.htm

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2 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a "criminal" practice (GS 27 § 3),
URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2322.htm

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gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent
URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2274.htm

Although all are invited to the Catholic Church. It is not an exclusivity.