Catholic teaching is that life begins at conception, meaning abortion is wrong.
The two sides voted Monday to pursue an alliance. We have to both respect their beliefs and make sure that anything we change doesn't adversely affect the patients. One idea is moving all of the procedures in question out of Riverside Regional Medical Center and into Riverside's outpatient surgery center on Warwick Boulevard. Unlike the medical center, the surgery center is not included in the current plan for a joint operating company that would govern Mary Immaculate, Riverside Regional Medical Center and Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester. Riverside Walter Reed doesn't perform any of the procedures.