Emergency abortion denials by Catholic hospitals put woman in danger, after her water broke at 17 weeks, lawsuit claims

Hans Blaster said:

I did 20 years of Catholicism. Not once did the practice of medicine, law, building trades, accounting, science, engineering, motor vehicle and machinery operation, management, etc., ever come up during the practice of our religion. Likewise in 40 years of employment, never have I ever seen the practice of anyone's religion be part of the work we were doing -- not in a factory, not in a field, not in a classroom, not in the lab.

Not everything a person with a religion does is the "practice of their religion" and medicine certainly falls in that category. Physicians (and nurses and pharmacists, etc.) are all licensed by the state to practice that profession. Religion isn't even relevant to it.

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Hvizsgyak said:

I will wait for my proverbial "smack in the face" as soon as you are done pulling the sequoia tree stuck in your eye. God bless you. I still love you.

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Valletta said:

The defense against the accusations in both cases is freedom of religion. How convenient is it to just exclude all talk of any defense. Contrary to your assertions, I am doing just the opposite, I am honing in on the defense. In my country a defense in court is supposed to be allowed. I understand in these days statues of Madison and Jefferson are not popular, but the Bill of Rights is a reality.

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Valletta said:

It doesn't sound like you worked for a Catholic run facility where abortions were involved.

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Valletta said:

The Catholic Church is the leader in the pro-life movement.

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Valletta said:

Catholic hospitals and other Catholic medical facilities are not allowed to perform abortions as per directives developed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Both the life of the mother and the child are considered valuable.

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MarkSB said:

And what sequoia tree might that be? I'll admit that I have proven to be a hypocrite on many things. (We all have, and those who say they haven't are lying). But the stance which some "pro-lifers" take on issues like these is blatantly hypocritical. And trying to act as morally superior while doing it and using diversion tactics like the victim stance being used in this thread just serves to prove that point. These behaviors seem to have become very common in large parts of Christian culture, and that ought not to be so. Personally, I think that God wants us to be smarter and more self-examining than that.

Bless you as well.

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