So a man brutally molests and rapes his 9 year old step-daughter.  Doctors tell the mother that her daughter's life is in danger if she carries the baby to term due to her slim frame.  The mother saves her daughter's life and gets her an abortion.  In response to this, the Brazilian church excommunicates the Mother and the doctors.  Days later, the Vatican approves.

In other news, the rapist stepfather is not excommunicated because the "crime he committed, although deplorable, was not as bad as ending a fetus' life."

And this is one of the many, many, many reasons why the Catholic Church has been rapidly decreasing in numbers over the past 40 years.  Apparently there is no room for common sense when dogma gets in the way.  I don't care what your views on abortion are - this is nothing but illogical stubbornness and extremism.  This was a medical procedure to save a young girl's life.  But the church sees it as "sticking to their convictions" because in their world, everything is black and white.