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Nun at St. Joseph's Hospital rebuked over abortion to save woman
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 19, 2010 11:50am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Michael Clancy |
| Media | Newspaper - Arizona Republic (Phoenix) |
| News Date | Saturday, May 15, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Catholic nun and longtime administrator of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix was reassigned in the wake of a decision to allow a pregnancy to be ended in order to save the life of a critically ill patient.
The decision also drew a sharp rebuke from Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, head of the Phoenix Diocese, who indicated the woman was "automatically excommunicated" because of the action.
The actions involving the administrator, mostly taken within the past couple of weeks, followed a last-minute, life-or-death drama in late 2009. The patient had a rare and often fatal condition in which a pregnancy can cause the death of the mother.
"An unborn child is not a disease. While medical professionals should certainly try to save a pregnant mother's life, the means by which they do it can never be by directly killing her unborn child. The end does not justify the means."
Olmsted added that if a Catholic "formally cooperates" in an abortion, he or she is automatically excommunicated. |
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