I have no doubt at all that my Mother would have given her life for any of her children but that is not the question.
The question is should we take the life of an innocent child for the convenience of the Mother or Father.
I am not convinced that the hospital etc. were being honest in saying it was necessary to save the Mother. If it was so, I do not think the Church would have taken the action they did. It is clear they did investigate. I can see no reason for them to lie. I can see a lot of reasons for the hospital et als to lie.
RE: The question is should we take the life of an innocent child for the convenience of the Mother or Father.
For convenience, NO. No abortion is justified.
But, In order to save the life of the mother ? If Natural Law (the Catholic poster in this thread ) is to be believe, apparently the Catholic answer is NO, the child should be spared. The mother should die, sacrifice her life in order for her child to live whether she wants to or not.
I am not sure if this is Southern Baptist teaching.
As for this particular case, I am not ready to pronounce a judgement on who is lying in this case.
If St. Joseph is going to appeal to higher authorities, I say let the case play out so that we can know the entire story.