Catholic hospital ditches "life" tenet to win lawsuit, professes "fetus... is NOT a person"

[UTUSN]

Last edited Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:13 PM - Edit history (1)

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http://gawker.com/5978597/catholic-hospital-chain-kills-wrongful-death-lawsuit-by-arguing-that-a-fetus-is-not-a-person

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Catholic Hospital Chain Kills Wrongful Death Lawsuit by Arguing that a Fetus is Not a Person[/font]

Neetzan Zimmerman

.... ER staff, meanwhile, were unable to detect any fetal heartbeats, and the decision to perform a perimortem Cesarean section fell to doctors at the scene, who decided against it. ....

CHI claims to follow the tenets of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care [PDF], which clearly state that "The Church's defense of life encompasses the unborn."

But when push came to shove, CHI abandoned their beliefs in order to win a malpractice lawsuit.

CHI's lawyer, Jason Langley, successfully convinced both the Fremont County District Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals to throw out Jeremy's lawsuit on the basis that CHI can not be sued for the wrongful death of a fetus, because it is not a person. ....

Jeremy's attorneys are now seeking to have their case heard by the Colorado Supreme Court. ....

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[Little Star]

1. Oh what a tangled web they weave, when first they practice to deceive....

Fu****G Hypocrites!

[Angry Dragon]

2. It seems that money is more important than their beliefs to some Catholics

ADD: The Mormon church is attacked for their lying for the Church.
The Catholic Church has been doing it for centuries. The Mormons are just following in the footsteps of the Catholic Church

[Orrex]

3. Duplicate topic FYI

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022247648


But as far as I'm concerned this kind of disgusting institutional hypocrisy can't be exposed often enough.

[Foolacious]

4. "tenet", not "tenent" (nor "tenant"). n.c.

[UTUSN]

5. Thanks, I corrected the TYPO (not a word I didn't KNOW, although throwing in a totally *different*

word, "tenant," insinuates it was NOT a typo but rather a word I didn't KNOW.)