LI hospital issues abortion apology to nurses

ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 28, 2010

A New York hospital has admitted it was wrong when it disciplined eight nurses for refusing to participate in an abortion.

Nassau University Medical Center on Long Island apologized to the nurses and said they did nothing wrong.

The nurses cited moral reasons for not taking part in the procedure involving a patient whose water broke prematurely on March 31. The doctor told her she possibly faced a life-threatening infection if her pregnancy wasn't terminated. the rest