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Arizona nun?s approval of abortion stirs global debate

By Alliance Alert

Arizona Republic: "In an international debate raging in religious magazines and on the Internet, experts say the bishop failed to appreciate the circumstances that led to Sister Margaret McBride's decision as an administrator at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. The theological debate centers on two key issues. One is the circumstances of the medical procedure and whether it should be considered a treatment for an illness or a procedure intended to end the life of a fetus. The church would consider the latter to be an abortion. The second is whether McBride believed she was acting within the ethics of the Catholic Church, which puts emphasis on whether a person knowingly and willingly violates church law."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 23, 2010 (boomark / email).