There is immense pressure from society that we must conform to its determination of what is right and what is wrong, and that to believe otherwise is both in-humane and unconscionable. The latest test is ... The American Civil Liberties Union filed a sweeping federal lawsuit against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops over its ethical guidelines for Roman Catholic hospitals, arguing the directives were to blame for negligent care of a pregnant woman who went into early labor and whose baby died within hours. The ACLU alleges the bishops were negligent because their religious directives prevented Tamesha Means from being told that continuing her pregnancy posed grave risks to her health and her child was not likely to survive. (Read that as you must abort the child.) She was treated at Mercy Health Muskegon, a Catholic hospital in Michigan. Its not just about one woman, said Kary Moss, executive director of the Michigan ACLU. Its about a nationwide policy created by nonmedical professionals putting patients in harms way. The suit is no doubt funded by Planned Parenthood.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:55:40 +0000
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