Because the archbishops/pope/etc *make* God's laws here on earth, straight from God.
Mmm. The whole abortion situation is pretty awful, especially if the family's going to be outcasts because of this. Catholocism in particular, I've seen, creates a large amount of intolerance, and it's partly why some people like it.
Upon arriving the attending doctor could find no abnormal physical symptoms other than extremely dilated pupils. After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane.