In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren?t people | The Colorado Independent
This should prove very interesting. It's only a fetus when - what? What's the deciding factor? Your legal butt isn't on the line?
But when it came to mounting a defense in the Stodghill case, Catholic Healths lawyers effectively turned the Church directives on their head. Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal and state laws that fail to protect unborn persons, and Catholic Healths lawyers in this case had the chance to set precedent bolstering anti-abortion legal arguments. Instead, they are arguing state law protects doctors from liability concerning unborn fetuses on grounds that those fetuses are not persons with legal rights.
As Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver-based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court should not overturn the long-standing rule in Colorado that the term person, as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive. Colorado state courts define person under the Act to include only those born alive. Therefore Plaintiffs cannot maintain wrongful death claims based on two unborn fetuses.
This should prove very interesting. It's only a fetus when - what? What's the deciding factor? Your legal butt isn't on the line?