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| Cardinal sounds abortion warning | Cardinal sounds abortion warning |
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| Catholic politicians who defend abortion cannot expect to remain full members of the Church, Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic will warn. | Catholic politicians who defend abortion cannot expect to remain full members of the Church, Scotland's most senior Roman Catholic will warn. |
| In a sermon marking 40 years since the Abortion Act, Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien will threaten to bar pro-choice politicians from taking Communion. | In a sermon marking 40 years since the Abortion Act, Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien will threaten to bar pro-choice politicians from taking Communion. |
| He will urge voters at Edinburgh's St Mary's Cathedral to reject candidates who defend what he calls a social evil. | He will urge voters at Edinburgh's St Mary's Cathedral to reject candidates who defend what he calls a social evil. |
| The cardinal's opponents accuse him of using extreme, inflammatory language. | The cardinal's opponents accuse him of using extreme, inflammatory language. |
| We're told by statisticians that the equivalent of a classroom of children every day are being aborted in their mothers' womb Cardinal Keith O'Brien | We're told by statisticians that the equivalent of a classroom of children every day are being aborted in their mothers' womb Cardinal Keith O'Brien |
| They say it is up to elected officials to decide such ethical issues without facing threats from Church leaders. | They say it is up to elected officials to decide such ethical issues without facing threats from Church leaders. |
| Abortion is a reserved issue legislated over by politicians at Westminster. | |
| The BBC's Robert Pigott says Cardinal O'Brien is frustrated by what he sees as the marginalisation of Christian values in public affairs. | The BBC's Robert Pigott says Cardinal O'Brien is frustrated by what he sees as the marginalisation of Christian values in public affairs. |
| It is his boldest intervention yet in political life, our correspondent says. | It is his boldest intervention yet in political life, our correspondent says. |
| His sermon attacks the 1967 Act, describing the roughly seven million abortions in Britain since then as an "unspeakable crime" and the "wanton killing of innocents". | His sermon attacks the 1967 Act, describing the roughly seven million abortions in Britain since then as an "unspeakable crime" and the "wanton killing of innocents". |
| The cardinal told the BBC: "We're told by statisticians that the equivalent of a classroom of children every day are being aborted in their mothers' womb - basically murdered in their mothers' womb." | The cardinal told the BBC: "We're told by statisticians that the equivalent of a classroom of children every day are being aborted in their mothers' womb - basically murdered in their mothers' womb." |
| But his intervention has angered some politicians. Jeremy Purvis, a Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish Parliament, said the cardinal was using "inflammatory" language. | But his intervention has angered some politicians. Jeremy Purvis, a Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish Parliament, said the cardinal was using "inflammatory" language. |
| He said: "It is not right that we would be seen to be put under pressure, or indeed some members threatened, by a religious leader on what is a very sensitive issue." | He said: "It is not right that we would be seen to be put under pressure, or indeed some members threatened, by a religious leader on what is a very sensitive issue." |