Aisha S. Taylor and Erin Saiz Hanna wrote the following editorial that was published in the National Catholic Reporter on March 11, 2009. 

In an infuriating combination of events, the Vatican rang in Women’s History Month by once again paying lip service to women’s equality while showing its true colors. The day before Pope Benedict XVI called for increased commitment to women’s dignity, a Vatican official announced his support for the excommunications of the mother and doctors of a nine-year-old girl who had an abortion after being raped by her stepfather. Click here to read more.