Indifference and Inflexibility

PHOENIX - A nun and administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been reassigned and rebuked by the local bishop for agreeing that a severely ill woman needed an abortion to survive.

Sister Margaret McBride was on an ethics committee that included doctors that consulted with a young woman who was 11 weeks pregnant late last year, The Arizona Republic newspaper reported on its website Saturday. The woman was suffering from a life-threatening condition that likely would have caused her death if she hadn't had the abortion at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.

~ MSNBC

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All life is sacred, but if the nun had allowed the patient to die so to would the 11wk old infant. Furthermore the church bishop has mentioned excommunicating the nun/persons involved. Ok lets not throw stones...I'll forgive you for insulting my intelligence...but how about the church set an example of forgiveness and mercy toward the patient and the doctors that were placed in this extremely emotional and difficult situation. Whether they are right or wrong, people are not perfect and can only do the best they can with the circumstances they are given. I believe in many of the traditions of Catholicism although personally I understand that there are exceptions to the rulebook. If there weren't exceptions, Jesus would have preached that his followers follow the current pharisees and rabbis of his era rather than break away and challenge those teachings.

Challenge your faith. Nothing is so sacred that it can not be challenged. Is it a loving response? Or are you hurling stones? Personally, I feel the church is hurling boulders in this instance.