{"id":5588,"date":"2011-07-26T01:13:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T05:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=5588"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:40:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:40:18","slug":"whats-an-abortionist-doing-working-at-a-catholic-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/07\/whats-an-abortionist-doing-working-at-a-catholic-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"What's an abortionist doing working at a Catholic hospital?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

It\u2019s a question more people in Colorado are asking.<\/p>\n

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The local media<\/strong> <\/a>picked up the story last month:<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>Anti-abortion protesters were about 60 strong outside Mercy Regional Medical Center on Thursday to protest the hospital\u2019s affiliation with local obstetrician-gynecologist Richard Grossman.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mercy\u2019s physician-credentialing and privileging practices are consistent with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Schmidt said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Protesters waved signs that said such things as \u201cDr. Grossman is an abortionist\u201d and \u201cAbortion Kills Children,\u201d and others purporting to depict aborted fetuses at drivers entering the hospital\u2019s parking lot. Some drivers honked at the protesters; others revved their engines.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Catholic Hospital having an abortionist on staff is a scandal,\u201d said Daniel Anguis, local director of LifeGuard, the Christian nonprofit based in Maryland that organized the protest. \u201cOn Wednesday, he dismembers babies, and the rest of the week he delivers them. And we\u2019re here today to let the hospital know it won\u2019t be tolerated anymore.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The group said learning about Grossman\u2019s \u201cemployment\u201d by Mercy was the reason for the protest. However, Grossman is an independent practitioner with an affiliation with Four Corners OB-GYN. He performs abortions at the Durango Planned Parenthood office, and he is listed as a member of Mercy\u2019s practicing staff.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Mercy spokesman Nathan Schmidt said abortions are not performed at the hospital and that it neither employs nor compensates Grossman.<\/p>\n

He was at work in the hospital during the protest.<\/p>\n

Grossman, 67, was approved by the hospital\u2019s board of directors to practice medicine at the hospital in 1976. Today, he is the hospital\u2019s longest-serving physician.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDr. Richard Grossman is a member of the medical staff at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Being a member of the hospital\u2019s staff does not constitute employment,\u201d Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mercy\u2019s physician-credentialing and privileging practices are consistent with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s more at the link<\/strong>.<\/a> But now, a petition drive has been launched to have Dr. Grossman removed from the hospital, and a web site has more information. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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