Excommunication...
If the Catholic Church goes to this point, I'd expect it to take a harsh stand in non Catholic countries with Catholic populations. Excommunicating officials that refuse to take a strong pro-life position would likely be in the cards--it's less severe than an interdict of an entire nation.
If it did that, I think the backlash would be severe, with a fair number of ellected officials loosing their jobs at the next ellection. LOTS of people would have a distrust of officials that obey a foreign power...
If the Catholic Church goes to this point, I'd expect it to take a harsh stand in non Catholic countries with Catholic populations. Excommunicating officials that refuse to take a strong pro-life position would likely be in the cards--it's less severe than an interdict of an entire nation.
If it did that, I think the backlash would be severe, with a fair number of ellected officials loosing their jobs at the next ellection. LOTS of people would have a distrust of officials that obey a foreign power...