Nun sacked for approving abortion...

"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."

The rest can be found here; http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/15/20100515phoenix-catholic-nun-abortion.html#ixzz0oDtDchjF

Just my opinion, I'm by no means an expert in Church canon law, the Catechism, or bioethics.

Abortion is always wrong. Period. No exceptions allowed. If as an unintended consequence of a medical procedure an unborn life is terminated that's a different story. That wasn't the case here.

As for anyone asking, "What about the life of the mother? Wouldn't the baby have died anyway?"

My answer would be A) Shit happens, we all die at some time, and B) Yep, both lives would have been snuffed.

If the mother had chosen to adhere to Church teaching and remain in the hospital, the medical staff there could have done their best. That might have been damned little as she slowly suffocated to death (as I understand the condition she had). But it wouldn't have been as if they turned her out in the street to die.

Do I think abortion should be banned across the board, even in cases like this? You bet. Is that wishing to impose my religious beliefs on others? Probably, but if abortion is evil it should never be tolerated.

There are no exceptions, there are no gray areas, no nuance to be considered. It's black and white. Shit happens, people die, sometimes they die even if that entails passing up a procedure that would be their salvation.

It's just as unacceptable to abort a child in this scenario as it is to harvest organs from a patient in a vegetative state in order to save the life of another. End of story.

The Lamestream Media and CINO's will be applauding the "courage" of this nun, fomenting outrage at her excommunication (although THAT was automatic and never imposed by anyone else), and in general banging the drum of "that mean old Catholic Church, headed up by misogynist old men and followed by clueless Neanderthals." Noted. Maureen Dowd and her ilk are undoubtedly penning sympathetic articles now. Look for Sr. McBride to appear on The View, Oprah, etc. Her book will probably be out in less than a year.

She was wrong. She should have stood on Church teaching, she should have fought for the life of the unborn.