Posted on 11/06/2017 7:05:35 PM PST by marshmallow
A Catholic nurse sued Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., alleging it discriminated against her religious beliefs by failing to accommodate her objections to abortion, birth control and giving vaccinations.
Sara Pedro, a Catholic nurse, moved from New York City in August 2016 to take a job at Duke University Hospital. Soon after she began work at Duke, Sara asked for and got an exemption from receiving hospital required vaccines. She also told hospital administration that she was "unable" to assist with abortions as well as administering contraceptives and "any vaccines" based on rulings by the Catholic Church.
In December 2016, Sara was placed on unpaid leave. She has moved back to New York City and claims she has been unable to return to work as she is suffering from post-traumatic stress.
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No. I cannot think of a single example. Mostly because the proposition itself makes no sense.
Like can receive kidney transplant from murder victim while condemning murder.
But murder is illegal and, ironically, recognized almost universally as repugnant (this “bounded ethicality” truly astounds me). Abortion is institutionalized. No: organs or therapies derived from aborted fetuses must be rejected. This is Catholic teaching. This is the only moral response.
The Bishops addressed the issue a few years ago and said what I said. The illegality plays no part in the analysis.
But we should fight the future use of aborted tissue.
Of course if we win on the abortion issue that use of the babies goes away.
I wrote her off as a nutjob looking to win the lawsuit lottery when I got to the PTSD. She’s really dirtied up her case by looking for the jackpot.
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