Junior Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/01/25/st_thomas_more_hospital_lawsuit_a_fetus_is_not_a_person_when_we_re_being.html In a country as awash in bad faith and empty political posturing as ours, it's always fun to expose blatant hypocrisy. That's why the story of the St. Thomas More Hospital lawsuit is ripping through the Internet. It's a sad one, really: Lori Stodghill, seven months pregnant, was admitted to the hospital with a blocked artery that killed her and the two fetuses inside her. The plaintiff, her husband, Jeremy Stodghill, is claiming that because her doctor didn't answer his pages, the twins died unnecessarily and could have been rescued through an emergency C-section, even if Lori's life couldn't be saved. The hospital's defense, so far successful, is to claim that because the twins were fetuses and not people, this can't legally be viewed as a wrongful-death situation. Interesting stance coming from the Catholic Health group. Link to comment
QMany Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 This was on Gawker a week or two ago. I was surprised I didn't see more about it. I'm surprised the Dioceses allowed their legal team to use that defense. Money talks, I guess. Link to comment
Undone Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'll go out on a limb to bet that there are very few people on this board who actually think that a 7 month fetus (baby) isn't a human being. But I could certainly be way off. Link to comment
Junior Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'll go out on a limb to bet that there are very few people on this board who actually think that a 7 month fetus (baby) isn't a human being. But I could certainly be way off. Yea, like the last paragraph of the article said: Stodghill's pregnancy was seven months along, and despite anti-choice propaganda to the contrary, women at that stage of pregnancy don't suddenly wake up one day and decide to terminate. Most women, even super pro-choice women, feel much differently about a seven-month pregnancy than an eight-week pregnancy, even if the Catholic Church doesn't seem to see any difference at all. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It actually boggles my mind to think that people DON'T think a 7 month fetus isn't a human being. 1 Link to comment
sd'sker Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 legally, it makes sense, though. the liability hospitals and everyone else would face if all fetuses were considered human would be pretty disconcerting. Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Catholics contradict themselves a lot.... (Let the wrath of Catholic Huskerboarders' begin).... 3 Link to comment
carlfense Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It's a person until it costs them money . . . 4 Link to comment
QMany Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 As an attorney, I know that the law and morals don't often/ever coincide. I'm still dumbfounded how this legal team got away with this. Doubt their client wanted them using THAT defense. Link to comment
Junior Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 As an attorney, I know that the law and morals don't often/ever coincide. I'm still dumbfounded how this legal team got away with this. Doubt their client wanted them using THAT defense. This case has been going on for several years and the client is free to instruct them to stop using that defense at any time. Yet they have not. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Catholics contradict themselves a lot.... (Let the wrath of Catholic Huskerboarders' begin).... How so???? Link to comment
QMany Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 As an attorney, I know that the law and morals don't often/ever coincide. I'm still dumbfounded how this legal team got away with this. Doubt their client wanted them using THAT defense. This case has been going on for several years and the client is free to instruct them to stop using that defense at any time. Yet they have not. Lack of supervision somewhere in the chain. I'm (non-practicing) Catholic but I'm not going to begin to act like I know the structure of the church. Can't believe they'd want this defense used. This can't be good for the Catholic church. Link to comment
carlfense Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Catholics contradict themselves a lot.... (Let the wrath of Catholic Huskerboarders' begin).... How so???? There's a link to an example at the top of this thread . . . Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Catholics contradict themselves a lot.... (Let the wrath of Catholic Huskerboarders' begin).... How so???? The Catholic religion is a business, and it has a broken infrastructure.... This much is evident by all the (insert catholic pun here).... Link to comment
sd'sker Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Catholics contradict themselves a lot.... (Let the wrath of Catholic Huskerboarders' begin).... How so???? this one always makes me laugh. i mean, your savior died for you, but you can not even sacrifice corned beef (gross). As Luck Would Have It, Bishops Allow Meat on St. Patrick's Day Despite the Vatican's prohibition against eating meat on Fridays during Lent, Catholic bishops in about one-third of the country's 197 dioceses have issued a one-day waiver of the rule, citing the benefits of Irish American tradition and community. so the rules of lent are controlled by the whims of bishops? i know it is a little petty, but you asked. also, i think this decision comes down to money, as well. Link to comment
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