Life begins at conception, according to the Catholic Church, but in a wrongful death suit in Colorado, a Catholic health care company has argued just the opposite.
A fetus is not legally a person until it is born, the hospital’s lawyers have claimed in its defense. And now it may be up to the state’s Supreme Court to decide.
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After about two years of litigation, defense attorneys for the hospital and doctors entered an argument that shocked the widower.
They said that under state law, an embryo is not person until it is born alive, according to court documents. The Stodghills’ twins were deceased when they were removed from their mother’s lifeless body.
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The court agreed with the argument, and Stodghill lost the suit. The court also ruled against Stodghill in the case of his wife for other legal reasons.
The hospital and doctors then sued him for over $118,000 legal fees and attempted to garnish his wages, according to a legal document filed on his behalf.
Yep.
Refused to provide reproductive services to people in Kentucky… while claiming in a lawsuit that a fetus is not a person.
How convenient.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Novena // Jan 28, 2013 at 2:36 pm
“Go in Hypocrisy, not Peace, My Church”
The Church’s old-men hierarchy is well known (and well scorned by those who pay no attention to their treachery) for this kind of “magical thinking.” They use it whenever it is convenient for their unethical, hypocritical needs. And the needs of those they purport to serve seem to get lost in the process.
2 Novena // Jan 28, 2013 at 3:47 pm
“Same Topic–Put Another Way”
Cardinal #1: “Life starts at conception, right?”
Cardinal #2: “It depends.”
Cardinal #1: “On what?”
Cardinal #2: “Whether we have a lawsuit. Then it might begin at birth so we can follow our lawyers’ advice and our superiors’ wishes.”
3 Jeff // Jan 31, 2013 at 8:54 am
I’m pro-life, and even I find this despicable.
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