Editing Pope Innocent XI (section)

===Abortion===
Innocent XI issued the [[papal bull]] ''Sanctissimus Dominus'' in 1679 to condemn 65 propositions that favored a liberal approach to doctrine which included two that related to [[abortion]]. He first condemned proposition 34 and countered that it was unlawful to procure abortion. He also condemned proposition 35, which stated: "It seems probable that the fetus (as long as it is in the uterus) lacks a rational soul and begins first to have one when it is born; and consequently it must be said that no abortion is a homicide."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/pope-innocent-xi-1611-1689|title=Pope Innocent XI (1611-1689)|publisher=The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|date=18 March 2015|access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Decret de N.S.P. le Pape Innocent XI contre plusieurs propositions de morale, suivant les exemplaires de rome, de l'Imprimerie de la Reverendissime Chambre Apostolique. |date=1679 |publisher=[Paris] : [F. Muguet] |url=https://archive.org/details/decretdensplepap00cath |page=[https://archive.org/details/decretdensplepap00cath/page/12 12] |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>