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In reading most of the recent letters regarding the recent abortion decision involving Sister Margaret McBride, it appears that principles are to be disregarded if they don’t produce the desired result.

Medical treatment for both the mother and child was the correct moral principle; outright killing of either to save the other was not.

It isn’t difficult to understand the Catholic Church’s teaching on abortion: taking of innocent human life is never permitted. Man did not create human life and has no jurisdiction over it. A mother’s womb should be the safest place on Earth for the unborn child.

Feeling sorry for women in difficult circumstances has led to over 40 million deaths by abortion in this country.

It is my understanding that McBride excommunicated herself by her involvement in the killing of the baby in question.

This can be readily rectified through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, as Sister knows.

The Catholic people I know all admire her past work. We pray for her, and wish her many more years of constructive work in our community. – Arthur C. Riedmann,Phoenix>

I guess the key word for Riedmann is “innocent”. Catholic teaching (at least from what I remember) allows one to kill in self defense when attacked an assailant. But because the fetus knows not what it does, too bad so sad for ladies experiencing a life-threatening pregnancy. If both you the baby die, and you leave your other children orphaned, oh well! You will die knowing you weren’t crass enough to put your life/your family above Arthur C. Riedmann’s credo of mandatory female self-immolation.

Awful nice of Riedmann to remind Sr. McBride of the mulligan available to her. She can prostrate herself before the male priests and all will be forgiven.

BTW, in case you were wondering, yes, those Catholic hospitals are the primary health care source for very many women (many of whom happen not to be observant Catholics) in the Valley.