Pro-choice issue roils hospital

Like many physicians at Tarzana Medical Center, Dr. Brian Fenmore was excited when he heard Providence Health System planned to buy his struggling hospital. Susan Abram in the Daily News.

The system had a good reputation in the community and already ran two other hospitals in the San Fernando Valley.

But when the sale became final last month, Fenmore, an obstetrician-gynecologist, got word that he could no longer perform surgical procedures that prevent pregnancy, including vasectomies and tubal ligations, because of the new owner's Catholic-based policies.

And now, some OB-GYNs are considering taking their practices