A new pro-abortion law in the Mexican state of Campeche has prompted local Bishop José Francisco González to warn that those who promote and facilitate the practice — including women, doctors, and legislators — will be excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

The abortion measure, promoted by Campeche state’s Human Rights Commission, was passed Feb. 24 in a closed session of the state congress.

With this move, the Penal Code was changed to allow the “interruption of pregnancy” within the first 12 weeks.

Campeche is now the 21st Mexican state to decriminalize abortion.

During a Feb. 26 press conference, Bishop González described the decision as “incomprehensible” from a legal and social point of view.

The prelate pointed out that the Code of Canon Law establishes that those who support abortion “are as a matter of practice outside of communion with the Church. That is, those who promote it, those who carry it out, and those who collaborate cannot participate in the sacraments.”