Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Jan 25, 2013 3:47pm
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/24/catholic-hospital-chain-beats-malpractice-suit-by-saying-fetuses-arent-people/
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[LEFT]A chain of Catholic Hospitals has beaten a malpractice lawsuit by saying that fetuses are not equivalent to human lives. According to the Colorado Independent, in the death of a 31-year-old woman carrying twin fetuses, Catholic Health Initiatives’ attorneys argued that in cases of wrongful death, the term “person” only applies to individuals born alive, and not to those who die in utero.
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FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Jan 25, 2013 3:50pm
I guess that makes abortion ok
Apple
Posts: 2,620
Jan 25, 2013 3:55pm
Wow!
just WOW!
just WOW!
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Jan 25, 2013 3:55pm
The law is the law. According the law, they are not liable because, according to the law, fetuses are not people with rights. It matters not that they believe otherwise.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Jan 25, 2013 5:19pm
Hypocrisy...the only thing that allows Christianity to survive!
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 25, 2013 5:43pm
I actually admire the consistency. If a fetus isn't a human, then something like this shouldn't involve the fetus as a victim.
I recall a case where a man stabbed a pregnant woman and killed the fetus, and he was convicted of murder. A sad event to be sure, but the courts aren't supposed to judge based on the emotional nature of the circumstances, and it was clearly an inconsistency that I found troubling.
I recall a case where a man stabbed a pregnant woman and killed the fetus, and he was convicted of murder. A sad event to be sure, but the courts aren't supposed to judge based on the emotional nature of the circumstances, and it was clearly an inconsistency that I found troubling.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Jan 25, 2013 6:04pm
My take on it...
If life is life, why not settle for the "wrongful death"
Surely they could have settled for the sum of the legal costs, and the money they have spent on challenging birth contol visa v Obama care.
I guess the church is fallible.
If life is life, why not settle for the "wrongful death"
Surely they could have settled for the sum of the legal costs, and the money they have spent on challenging birth contol visa v Obama care.
I guess the church is fallible.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Jan 25, 2013 8:07pm
Same reason they don't get the case tossed for claiming it was "God's will"Devils Advocate;1374836 wrote: If life is life, why not settle for the "wrongful death"