Fetuses not people, Catholic hospital says in court

[Synthaholic]

Fetuses not people, Catholic hospital says in court





NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Catholic hospital in Colorado has argued in court documents that it is not liable for the deaths of two 7-month-old fetuses because those fetuses are not people.


So far, courts have side with the hospital.


But that defense contradicts church teaching that human life is sacred from the moment of conception. At least one prominent abortion foe called the hospital's claims morally untenable.


The issue of whether a fetus is a person was raised in a lawsuit filed by Jeremy Stodghill, whose 31-year-old wife, Lori, died in 2006 at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colo.


Lori Stodghill was 7 months pregnant with twins at the time. The suit claims the hospital failed to perform an emergency cesarean section to save the fetuses.


According to published reports, a brief filed by the hospital, owned by Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, said that the fetuses are not covered by state's Wrongful Death Act.


"Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a 'person' and plaintiff's claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed," the hospital argued.


A state district court and an appeals court agreed with the hospital. The case, originally filed in 2007, is currently on appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court.


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Heh, heh, heh....

 

[Zoom-boing]

"Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a 'person' and plaintiff's claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed," the hospital argued.

The hospital is following the law. If they were following their beliefs, people would be bleating that religious beliefs do not trump the law and that the hospital needs to follow the law.

 

[Intense]

Fetuses not people, Catholic hospital says in court





NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Catholic hospital in Colorado has argued in court documents that it is not liable for the deaths of two 7-month-old fetuses because those fetuses are not people.


So far, courts have side with the hospital.


But that defense contradicts church teaching that human life is sacred from the moment of conception. At least one prominent abortion foe called the hospital's claims morally untenable.


The issue of whether a fetus is a person was raised in a lawsuit filed by Jeremy Stodghill, whose 31-year-old wife, Lori, died in 2006 at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colo.


Lori Stodghill was 7 months pregnant with twins at the time. The suit claims the hospital failed to perform an emergency cesarean section to save the fetuses.


According to published reports, a brief filed by the hospital, owned by Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, said that the fetuses are not covered by state's Wrongful Death Act.


"Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a 'person' and plaintiff's claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed," the hospital argued.


A state district court and an appeals court agreed with the hospital. The case, originally filed in 2007, is currently on appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court.


*snip*








Heh, heh, heh....

It's hypocritical. Got milk?

 

[Intense]

"Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a 'person' and plaintiff's claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed," the hospital argued.

The hospital is following the law. If they were following their beliefs, people would be bleating that religious beliefs do not trump the law and that the hospital needs to follow the law.

There are other arguments they could make.

 

[Noomi]

"Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a 'person' and plaintiff's claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed," the hospital argued.

The hospital is following the law. If they were following their beliefs, people would be bleating that religious beliefs do not trump the law and that the hospital needs to follow the law.

Funny how they only follow the law when they have to cover their own arses.

 

[S.J.]

You libs must be torn on this one. On the one hand, you don't want to recognize the fetus as a person but on the other hand, you would love to hang the Christians as murderers.

 

[TemplarKormac]

But the law does not mesh with science folks. Human embryology holds that a human fetus is a "distinct human organism" as stated by Keith Moore and T.V. N. Persaud in The Developing Human (7th edition, 2003)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4857703

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672893/

 

[Steelplate]

You libs must be torn on this one. On the one hand, you don't want to recognize the fetus as a person but on the other hand, you would love to hang the Christians as murderers.

No...I just feel that God gave us free will to make our own moral choices. If God gave us free will, who is man to take it away?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Fetuses not people, Catholic hospital says in court





NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Catholic hospital in Colorado has argued in court documents that it is not liable for the deaths of two 7-month-old fetuses because those fetuses are not people.


So far, courts have side with the hospital.


But that defense contradicts church teaching that human life is sacred from the moment of conception. At least one prominent abortion foe called the hospital's claims morally untenable.


The issue of whether a fetus is a person was raised in a lawsuit filed by Jeremy Stodghill, whose 31-year-old wife, Lori, died in 2006 at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colo.


Lori Stodghill was 7 months pregnant with twins at the time. The suit claims the hospital failed to perform an emergency cesarean section to save the fetuses.


According to published reports, a brief filed by the hospital, owned by Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, said that the fetuses are not covered by state's Wrongful Death Act.


"Under Colorado law, a fetus is not a 'person' and plaintiff's claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed," the hospital argued.


A state district court and an appeals court agreed with the hospital. The case, originally filed in 2007, is currently on appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court.


*snip*








Heh, heh, heh....

*snip*

It is important to note that embryological evidence shows that the human embryo is a whole, although obviously immature, human being; it is not a mere part. This is a crucial point: human tissues or human cells, whether body cells or gametes, are indeed human—that is, genetically human—but are not whole human organisms. Neither of these has the active disposition to develop itself to the mature stage of a human being. By contrast, the human embryo, from fertilization onward, is fully programmed to actively develop himself or herself to the next mature stage along the path of human development.

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Embryonic human persons. Talking Point on morality and human embryo research


Heh, heh, heh....

 

[TemplarKormac]

You libs must be torn on this one. On the one hand, you don't want to recognize the fetus as a person but on the other hand, you would love to hang the Christians as murderers.

No...I just feel that God gave us free will to make our own moral choices. If God gave us free will, who is man to take it away?

And who is God to stand by and let people commit murder? How can we speak of free will when we cannot even give a human fetus (yes human, people) that chance to grow and take part in it? How can we say "we have a right to live" but then kill a developing child in the womb? If a woman is raped, and a child is conceived from it, how would it be fair to take out her anger on a child who had no choice how it was brought into the world?

Modern science has proven that human embryos and fetuses are genetically programmed to be humans, and are thus, human beings. But wait, liberals claim science is irrefutable, undeniable. How can science not support their argument? I'll leave you to throw your little tantrums now.

 

[Steelplate]

You libs must be torn on this one. On the one hand, you don't want to recognize the fetus as a person but on the other hand, you would love to hang the Christians as murderers.

No...I just feel that God gave us free will to make our own moral choices. If God gave us free will, who is man to take it away?

And who is God to stand by and let people commit murder? How can we speak of free will when we cannot even give a human fetus (yes human, people) that chance to grow and take part in it? How can we say "we have a right to live" but then kill a developing child in the womb? If a woman is raped, and a child is conceived from it, how would it be fair to take out her anger on a child who had no choice how it was brought into the world?

Modern science has proven that human embryos and fetuses are genetically programmed to be humans, and are thus, human beings. But wait, liberals claim science is irrefutable, undeniable. How can science not support their argument? I'll leave you to throw your little tantrums now.

I don't know....30k gun deaths per year, 10k DUI related deaths....plus stabbing deaths beating deaths, strangulations...that's just here....let's go abroad and count the Deaths in Syria and all the other war torn areas of the globe....seems like God decided to do the judging on his timetable to me.

 

[Smilodonfatalis]

The Catholic Church proved long ago that when push comes to shove, all they care about is money.

 

[Katzndogz]

The trial is happening in a state court. It would be inappropriate to say the least to bring in some religious argument in a court of law. What liberals want is to have separate laws. If a party is a Christian than ecumenical laws should apply and not state laws. And. all laws should only be applied against a Christian, never for a Christian.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

You libs must be torn on this one. On the one hand, you don't want to recognize the fetus as a person but on the other hand, you would love to hang the Christians as murderers.

Christians are already murderers and fetuses are not people.

OTOH, this is rather convenient for the catholic church/hospital.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

You libs must be torn on this one. On the one hand, you don't want to recognize the fetus as a person but on the other hand, you would love to hang the Christians as murderers.

No...I just feel that God gave us free will to make our own moral choices. If God gave us free will, who is man to take it away?

Using that fucked up logic, you could murder and rob at will. Who is man to deny you that?

 

[Dot Com]

too bad super catholic girl left. She'd use some pretzel logic to justify the church hiding behind temporal law.

 

[April]

Fetuses not people, Catholic hospital says in court





NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Catholic hospital in Colorado has argued in court documents that it is not liable for the deaths of two 7-month-old fetuses because those fetuses are not people.


So far, courts have side with the hospital.


But that defense contradicts church teaching that human life is sacred from the moment of conception.

Hypocrisy at it's finest.