Congrats to St Joe's!

[Kabin]

I was pleasantly surprised to see St Joe's take a stand against Olmsted. St Joe's made the difficult but correct choice between saving the mother's life or losing both the mother and 11 week old fetus. And now Catholic groups are coming out to support St Joe's. Kudos!

Coincidentally, in the last year, the Bishop has been talking about getting into other healthcare areas locally. I bet this recent event makes many think twice about signing onto any Catholic supported healthcare program.

[Archer1121]

I read from several different sites stating that the mother had pulmonary htn d/t the 11 week old child. i am curious why the only option of saving the mothers life was to kill the child....any L&D nurses have some insight on other possible treatments or if this is a common, or rare occurrence? Thanks.

[fromtheseaRN, BSN, RN]

I read from several different sites stating that the mother had pulmonary htn d/t the 11 week old child. i am curious why the only option of saving the mothers life was to kill the child....any L&D nurses have some insight on other possible treatments or if this is a common, or rare occurrence? Thanks.

i'm still a student, but if she had pulmonary hypertension that bad at only 11 weeks, i could only imagine it would get way worse in the remaining 29 weeks of pregnancy. st joe's, since it was (now formerly) a catholic hospital, only performs abortions in cases where mother's lives are in danger- i'm sure all other possible treatments were considered.

anyhow, YAY! good for st joe's for standing up for patient's, and women's, rights.