http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/21/the-bishop-of-phoenix-stripped-a-roman-catholic-ho/The bishop of Phoenix stripped a Roman Catholic hospital Tuesday of its ability to describe itself as "Catholic" after ruling that the hospital had performed abortions and been involved with other procedures contrary to church teaching.
At a news conference, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted cited in particular a case that prompted a public spat with the administrators of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in which a pregnant woman with a history of abnormal blood pressure was admitted to the hospital in November 2009 and her pregnancy was terminated.
The hospital defended itself in recent months and again Tuesday by saying doctors had determined the woman's death to be certain if no abortion was provided. Thus, they argued, the procedure was licit because it was intended to save the mother's life.
Bishop Olmsted brushed aside that claim Tuesday, noting that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued Ethical and Religious Directives (ERDs) for hospitals declaring that even in dangerous pregnancies, both the mother and child are human beings who should not be killed, even for the sake of saving the other.
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The church would have preferred the mother die as a result of pregnancy. They excommunicated the nun who approved the abortion.