CDF: hysterectomy permitted when it is certain that future pregnancy will lead to miscarriage
January 03, 2019
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CWN Editor's Note: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the Pope’s approval, has answered the following question in the affirmative, with an explanatory note: “When the uterus is found to be irreversibly in such a state that it is no longer suitable for procreation and medical experts have reached the certainty that an eventual pregnancy will bring about a spontaneous abortion before the fetus is able to arrive at a viable state, is it licit to remove it (hysterectomy)?” In doing so, the Congregation referred to its 1993 answers to related questions.
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Posted by: ElizabethD -
Jan. 03, 2019 8:55 AM ET USA
I know a consecrated woman who had a hysterectomy to resolve a very painful medical condition that had been a tremendous difficulty for many years. There was no other way to resolve this condition. I'm sure it was a very difficult choice and don't doubt she consulted with experts on the morality of it, she lived with it for many years before resorting to this.