The Catholic Physicians Guild of Phoenix fully supports the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted with respect to matters of life of a mother pregnant with a child in her womb ("Nun rebuked over abortion to save woman," Saturday). The Guild stands by the church's teaching that is guided by the Holy Spirit in ordering life toward truth and love.
An action which is in and of itself wrong, in that it lacks goodness as discerned by the light of human reason, is never justified by circumstances or intended end. Such is the case of abortion. A medical procedure, where the direct intention is the termination of pregnancy, is an abortion.
Medical treatments are appropriate for the direct purpose of curing a proportionately pathological condition of a pregnant woman, when they cannot be safely postponed until the unborn child is viable. When an unborn child attains viability, labor may be induced. - William H. Brophy, M.D.,Phoenix
Catholic doctors support Olmsted
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