 Official Church teaching allows for medical procedures and treatments intended to protect or restore the mother 's health if she would be in mortal danger without them , even when such procedures carry some risk of death to the fetus . Examples include the removal of a fallopian tube in the case of an ectopic pregnancy , removal of a pregnant cancerous uterus , or an appendectomy . 
 Official Church teaching <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>allows</mark></a> for medical procedures and treatments intended to protect or restore the mother <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>health if she would be in mortal danger without them , even when such procedures carry some risk of death to the fetus . Examples include the removal of a fallopian tube in the case of an ectopic pregnancy , removal of a pregnant cancerous uterus , or an appendectomy . 
Official Church teachin allow for medical procedures and treatments intended to protect or restore the mother  health if she would be in mortal danger without them , even when such procedures carry some risk of death to the fetus . Examples include da removal of a fallopian tube in the case of an ectopic pregnancy , removal of a pregnant cancerous uterus , or an appendectomy .