Where's the "dignity" or even the logic in the Diocese's decision?

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C'mon, what a dumb decision!  The mother was going to die if they didn't do anything; if they allowed her to die, the fetus would automatically die, also.  Treating the mother appropriately would have killed the fetus.  They couldn't "deliver" the fetus because it wasn't going to be viable and would die; only if they aborted the fetus would half of the pair, the mother, live.  Better one than none!
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Arizona hospital loses Catholic status over surgery

PHOENIX — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix stripped a major hospital of its affiliation with the church Tuesday because of a surgery that ended a woman's pregnancy to save her life.


Bishop Thomas Olmsted called the 2009 procedure an abortion and said St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center — recognized internationally for its neurology and neurosurgery practices — violated ethical and religious directives of the national Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"In the decision to abort, the equal dignity of mother and her baby were not both upheld," Olmsted said at a news conference announcing the decision. "The mother had a disease that needed to be treated. But instead of treating the disease, St. Joseph's medical staff and ethics committee decided that the healthy, 11-week-old baby should be directly killed."

Linda Hunt, president of St. Joseph's, said doctors performed a necessary procedure on a patient who was getting worse by the minute and was in imminent danger of death.


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The woman who underwent the procedure is in her 20s and had a history of abnormally high blood pressure when she learned of her pregnancy. After she was admitted to the hospital with worsening symptoms, doctors determined her risk of death was nearly 100 percent.

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