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Catholic teachings had no part in Savita tragedy – bishops - National News - Independent.ie

Catholic teachings had no part in Savita tragedy – bishops - National News - Independent.ie

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  1. ""Where a seriously ill pregnant woman needs medical treatment which may put the life of her baby at risk, such treatments are ethically permissible provided every effort has been made to save the life of both the mother and her baby"

    Nobody told Bishop Olmstead about this or Rev. John Ehrich.

    "She consented in the murder of an unborn child," says the Rev. John Ehrich, the medical ethics director for the Diocese of Phoenix. "There are some situations where the mother may in fact die along with her child. But — and this is the Catholic perspective — you can't do evil to bring about good. The end does not justify the means."

    The Hospital officials in Ireland were just following this type of guideline.

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