Vatican encourages excommunication

This is a really upsetting story about how the Vatican is encouraging and supporting the excommunication of a 9 year-old, her mother, and her doctors, after the little girl received an abortion after being raped. The little girl was pregnant with twins. First of all, how do 9 year-olds get pregnant? Second, there's a loud four letter word I would like to say, but will refrain from, at the Vatican's inability to accept gray areas. Thanks to Em for the article.