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DATE: SUNDAY, July 1, 1990                   TAG: 9007010135
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS                                LENGTH: Short

BISHOP ALSO OUSTS DOCTOR OVER ABORTION

A bishop who excommunicated the director of an abortion clinic earlier had taken the same action against an obstetrician who performs abortions, the obstetrician said.

Dr. Eduardo Aquino said he would switch religious denominations rather than appeal the decision of Bishop Rene Gracida of the Corpus Christi Diocese.

"I will continue to perform abortions because I feel it is the right of a woman to decide what to do with her reproductive functions," said Aquino.

Gracida excommunicated Rachel Vargas, director of Reproductive Services Inc., in a decree sent to Vargas on June 1. The decree bars her from the sacraments of the church, including communion, holy matrimony and last rites. - Associated Press 


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