What happens when medical, religious ethics clash?

The case of an abortion at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix prompted an angry bishop to rebuke the Sister of Mercy who allowed the surgery to save the mother's life. But you don't have to be a pregnant woman with a rare heart condition to be affected by the questions raised at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.

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The steadfast silence of Sister Margaret

Blogpost on AZ Republic on local nun who was excommunicated for agreeing with staff decision to permit an abortion at St. Joseph Hospital in Phoenix. Interesting comments follow.

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U.S. Catholic Church facing uproar after excommunicating nun

Sister McBride had given permission for a mother of four to have an emergency termination when she was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Sister McBride courageous, valued

Sister McBride courageous, valued, Sister Margaret McBride is a courageous, valued member of the St. Joseph Hospital medical team and deserves our unfailing support and gratitude.

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Irish nun excommunicated after abortion to save mother

Irish nun excommunicated after abortion to save mother decision: Sister Margaret McBride, a Catholic nun and a long time administrator at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, has been excommunicated by her local Phoenix bishop, Thomas J Olmstead, after she agreed with a hospital ethics committee that an 11-week-old fetus had to be a

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Nun at St. Joseph's Hospital rebuked over abortion to save w

A Catholic sister at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has been demoted and excommunicated over charges that she allowed an abortion to proceed in order to save a mother's life.

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