Note 560 — Chapter II · LIMITATION OF JURISDICTION OR RESERVED CASES
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
It is verus abortus which is here punished, that is, fœtus immaturi ejectio adeo ut mors ipsius inde secuta sit, therefore, not the partus præmaturus fœtus vitalis, when procured for just motives. Pius IX abolished the old distinction between fœtus animatus et inanimatus. It is the procuratio abortus, moreover, that is punished, that is, per se sive per alias interpositas personas—studiose or ex industria. The censure is, therefore, not incurred by one who employed the means without the effect resulting. Compare Heiner, a. a. O. S. 243 ff.; Aertnys, l. c. n. 109; Theol. Mor. Lib. III. n. 192; Lehmkuhl, Theol. Mor. P. I. Lib. II Tract. II. n. 840 ss.; P. II. Lib. II. Tract. I. n. 970.