What does this mean? Is it safe to at least assume that St. Mary Medical Center is disassociating itself from Dr. Craparo? You owe the Bucks County community an explanation....
Even if Dr. Capraro is gone, St. Mary's has absolutely no business being involved in the pre-natal identification of Down Syndrome or any other disability, unless it is to EXCLUSIVELY help parents prepare for the birth of a child with a disability. As per the current magazine section of the New York Times,- "No agency tracks how many reductions [i.e., a Brave New World euphemism for "abortions"] occur in the United States, but those who offer the procedure report that demand for reduction to a singleton...is rising....Many studies show the vast majority of patients abort fetuses after prenatal tests reveal genetic conditions like Down syndrome that are not life-threatening....As with reducing two healthy fetuses to one, the underlying premise is the same: this is not what I want for my life" (The Two Minus One Pregnancy, 8/10/11)
Why does Dr. Craparo's associate from Abington, Dr. Stephen Smith, remain on St. Mary's list? In a widely publicized case, Dr. Stephen Smith was noted by the Huffington Post (& others) to have recommended abortion to a St. Mary's patient
Why does it remain that I am only able to find one physician from St. Mary Medical Center on an "NFP-Only" physician directory?
As per your web site, "Health Care practitioners at St. Mary Medical Center abide by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services while providing care at any of the St. Mary Medical Center campuses. Many of these practitioners also provide services outside of St. Mary Medical Center where there is no institutional obligation to practice under the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. Patients are encouraged to continue to engage in a dialogue with these practitioners to express their religious and ethical choices regarding their treatment outside of St. Mary Medical Center." To claim to be following the ERDs, yet to allow priveleges to those who are well known to NOT adhere to Catholic medical ethics, strikes me as highly disingenuous.
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