Sorry, I disagree with you. This couple could have adopted a baby girl from China for less than the in vitro procedure cost them. God was not denying them parenthood and neither was the Catholic Church. Whether or not we agree with the Catholic doctrine opposing in vitro is irrelevant. She signed a paper stating she would live in accordance with Catholic doctrine. She made the mistake of making her defiance public knowledge by telling her principal. In the Church's eyes, she is a walking scandal. Her decision to protest her termination makes me sick.
It's standard Church-bashing dressed up with "I have a RIGHT to babies!" (at the age of 37, mind you,) and with pix of the babies.
Astoundingly, this matter did NOT arise as a "pressworth" incident until the babies were quite photogenic. That would be about 12 months from the time she announced her intentions, and 10+ months from the time she was fired.
I suspect that this woman's B-I-L is a highly influential journalist in Illinois who has pushed this story--or it would NEVER be national, much less regional.