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CRANIOTOMY
Perforation of the skull of an unborn infant and removal of its contents. It is condemned by the Church as the direct killing of an innocent human being and is never justified.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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