All the Democratic presidential candidates are pro-abortion, including Catholic Jerry Brown.

It is my discernment that no Catholic may vote for a man who will facilitate abortions by appropriation and legislation if elected. A Catholic is morally bound to abstain from supporting those who accept the murder of fetal human beings.

If a Catholic votes for a pro-abortion presidential candidate, this individual commits a sin as he or she becomes a voluntary participant in a process which ultimately leads to murder. The sin of murder is a serious matter and, therefore, a mortal sin. Those who die do so with unrepented souls and their souls go to hell as instructed by the Catholic Church.

Catholic Canon Law asserts that the woman who aborts her child and those who perform the abortion as well as those who pay for the abortion are automatically excommunicated. It would appear that this excommunication applies to the willful pro-abortion voter also. American bishops have not wanted to make this assertion. The episcopates are maintaining a strange silence about the moral implications of voting for a pro-abortion candidate.

If a Catholic does not wish to vote for the Republican candidate, he may refrain from voting. There are no circumstances in which a Catholic may vote for a pro-abortion candidate. Confession is required for absolution of this sin, a mortal sin.