PriestTheyCalledHim
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Actually they are Roman Catholic... And yes there is a lot of talk inside the Church about whether or not their stand is correct. She was even banned from receiving communion in her own city, while Pope Francis gave her communion when she visited the Vatican.
They are what very devout European and Central/South American Roman Catholics call 'nominally Catholic' or 'cafeteria Catholics' who ignore the Roman Catholic church and its adamant stance on being against abortion.

Catholics Can't Be Pro-Choice
There are many people who call themselves Catholic and yet believe, for one reason or another, they can be pro-choice. They can't.
Do you know why Roman Catholic clergy, priests, popes, etc. are forbidden to marry? It has nothing to do with "the patriarchy", oppressing women, misogyny, etc. It is because for many Centuries in Europe, Roman Catholic clergy, leaders, Popes, etc. Could marry and they did so to keep control of gold, entire kingdoms or small nation-states, etc. How do you think the city-province of the Vatican was created and is still powerful, and super wealthy?
Thankfully Martin Luther and the reformation, and the Moravian church, and 30 year's war put an end to all of this in most of Europe and the Western world.
There are also other types of Catholics called Eastern Catholics and they are against abortion as well.