Whether or not a person is Catholic, I would think that all hospitals are going to handle it differently.
The FACT remains that ALL Catholic hospitals terminate pregnancies when a woman’s life is at stake. We have VERY LITTLE actual information about this situation (keep in mind that it is Gannett that called it a “life and death drama”); however, the bishop DOES have access to all of the information. So, don’t you think it is at least possible that the bishop is right? The incident took place in 2009, the bishop didn’t say anything until the other day, my guess is that the bishop consulted with a lot of people before e issued his statement.
Why would you assume this? The bishop was not on the committee that made the decision, and HIPPA is *very* strict about prohibiting the release of medical information to parties that aren't directly involved in treating the patient. The bishop is certainly not legally entitled to "all the information" about this treatment, and could only legally obtain it with the consent of the patient. Since his intent in investigating it was apparently to cause trouble for the hospital personnel who made and carried out the decision in accordance with the patient's wishes, it seems unlikely that the patient would have authorized a release of her medical information to the bishop. So if he has "all the information" he almost certainly got it illegally. More likely, he actually has very limited information.
The article says that the bishop "released the following statement today in response to the acknowledgement by officials at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to the media". This suggests that the only information he has is what was released to the media, which clearly would be very limited, as it cannot include any details which could result in identification of the patient.