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Posted by Rashanah Baldwin | Posted in News | Posted on 17-05-2010

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Nun is rebuked for condoning abortion. On Saturday Arizona Republic newspaper reported that Sister Margaret McBride an administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been rebuked by the local bishop.

MSNBC reported that the Catholic Church does not condone abortions except from secondary effects of other treatments like radiation of a cancerous fetus.

The state of Arizona is becoming a hotbed full of controversy.

Last month they passed the immigration law allowing police to stop any one suspected of being an immigrant and now a nun is rebuked for condoning a abortion that saved a life of a patient. Is the law and Catholic Church going to far in trying to control the actions of others?

Several months ago Sister Margaret McBride was apart of a ethics committee who consulted with a pregnant female patient who needed to have an abortion performed in order to save her life.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, head of the Phoenix Diocese Archbishop said any Catholic who participated in an abortion is automatically ex-communicated.

The decision to rebuked Sister McBride stirred up many heated discussions and tweets on twitter.

  1. Mitch_M Hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion that saved a woman’s life; ridiculous: http://bit.ly/aFsROo 16 May 2010 from TweetDeck
  2. lovelyladypa Phoenix hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion http://bit.ly/cyVhbE – So to them it was ok for the mother to die. WTH 16 May 2010 from newsvine.com
  3. losamanda Poor Arizona, hotbed of controversy @msnbc: Hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion http://bit.ly/bDdSOT 16 May 2010 from msnbc iPhone app
  4. Mike_Charles This is pro-life? Hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion – Health care- msnbc.com http://shar.es/m48N9 #catholic 16 May 2010 from ShareThis.com
  5. Luke021 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/15/nun-phoenix-hospital-rebuked-allowing-abortion/ This is one rare instance when abortion is necessary. 16 May 2010 from web
  6. ashleymaier Hospital nun rebuked for allowing abortion – Health care- msnbc.com http://bit.ly/cPXCt7 Wow. Excommunicated for saving a woman’s life. 16 May 2010 from msnbc.com
  7. FoxBoxReport Health Care Law Helping Abortion Opponents- Nun at Ariz. Hospital Rebuked for Allowing Abortion http://bit.ly/con7ro 16 May 2010 from twitterfeed

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St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center released a statement on Friday backing McBride decision, “This decision was made after consultation with the patient, her family, her physicians, and in consultation with the Ethics Committee, of which Sr. Margaret McBride is a member,”

A letter from the board chairwoman, president and CEO of CHW was sent to Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted stating,

“If there had been a way to save the pregnancy and still prevent the death of the mother, we would have done it,” the letter says. “We are convinced there was not.”

Bishop Olmsted declined to respond and Sister McBride has since been reassigned.

  • dermot ryan

    Benedict would equally abandon a dead Olmsted. Sauve qui peut.

  • lilien

    His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI:

    I am a Neonatologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit we have had many infants with complex ethical issues requiring difficult patient care decisions. I have worked in several Catholic Hospitals during my 38 years as a Neonatologist. I have always had respect for the high ethical principles and concern for the family that Catholic Hospitals, Catholic Clergy, and Catholic Physicians have consistently demonstrated. I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work in such an atmosphere.

    Recently there was a decision by the Bishop of Phoenix Diocese, Most Reverend Thomas Olmsted, that has resulted in the “automatic excommunication” of Sister Margaret Mary McBride. The reason was based on a difficult patient care decision discussed in the Ethics Committee which Sister Margaret chairs. From my contacts with Sister Margaret over the past ten years I know that Sister Margaret only acts in accordance to what she believes are Catholic teachings. I do not question whether the decision of the Bishop of Phoenix Diocese was correct according to Catholic Law. I do question what it will mean to the Catholic Church, Phoenix, Patient Care, and the Mission of St. Joseph Hospital. There is no question that removing Sister Margaret from her present duties will impact on all of the above in a negative way.

    The Catholic Church teaches Mercy, Forgiveness, and Compassion – zero tolerance is not part of the Catholic tradition. I do not think zero tolerance should apply to an individual who believed their action was consistent with Catholic teachings. We are human, we all make mistakes.

    I hope that the Catholic Church and the Bishop of Phoenix Diocese will reconsider their decision and decide on an action that supports Catholic Ethics and Teachings but also allows St. Joseph Hospital and Phoenix to continue to have the privilege of having Sister Margaret continue her mission in Phoenix as a Catholic.

    Sister Margaret Mary McBride has dedicated her life to the Catholic Church – to take the Catholic Church away from her for making a controversial decision seems to be too harsh a penalty for St. Joseph Hospital, Phoenix, and Sister Margaret.

    Sincerely,

    Lawrence Lilien MD
    Division of Neonatology
    St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center
    Phoenix, Arizona

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