Cathloic Hospital takes position that a fetus is not a person

[Platapus]

When it comes down to it, evidently the question of when a person come into existence may be based on money.

When it is an advantage to the Catholic Church, life begins at conception.

But when it is a financial disadvantage to the Catholic Church, a fetus is not a person until it is born.

http://christiannews.net/2013/01/26/...death-lawsuit/

A Colorado man whose wife and unborn twins died while in the care of a local Catholic hospital is continuing his fight in the courts after the facility claimed in legal documents that it cannot be responsible for the deaths of his sons because a fetus is not a person.

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Stodghill was shocked when attorneys for the healthcare group and the hospital argued that they should not be held liable for the deaths of the couple’s children because a fetus is not a person until it is born. It pointed to the Colorado Wrongful Death Act, which states that deaths involving unborn babies do not qualify under the statute. [The Handbook of Colorado Wrongful Death Law does not support this assertion]

So even if the courts rule that the Catholic Hospital is not liable, wouldn't the Church make their decision of liability based on their own morality?

Not when it interferes with the profit, evidently.

Lemme see if I can understand this:

So life begins at conception when it comes to choices of women, but life does not begin until birth when the Church's money is at stake.

[Skybird]

Compare to the handling of things here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=137

Anyway, the church is a predatory and dangerous parasite. Squash the bug.

[Hottentot]

Funny how I was just thinking of moths.

[Buddahaid]

Having worked in a Catholic Hospital system for more than twenty years, I can say there is very little Church involved in the business of running a not for profit Hospital. It's pretty much just window dressing.

[Cybermat47]

Seems that the Catholic church loves money more than people

[Cybermat47]

From the comments on the page, I'd say that most Christians are on the family's side

[Armistead]

I'm sure they have to keep the cost down so they'll have enough money on all the costumes they were to appear holy.

[AVGWarhawk]

And this is why there is malpractice insurance. Is it the Catholic hospital fighting this or the insurance co?

Food for thought.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Having worked in a Catholic Hospital system for more than twenty years, I can say there is very little Church involved in the business of running a not for profit Hospital. It's pretty much just window dressing.

If the church is not very involved and is "window dressing" how come the church says that certain aspects of the health care bill can't apply to the employees as it violates church doctrine?

It is the hypocrisy of cherry-picking religious morality that benefits the church that I find appalling.

Either it is a catholic church governed hospital or it ain't. Ya can't be both.

[Buddahaid]

I agree. The vast majority of employees are not part of the Church yet birth control benefits are never offered because of that doctrine. Hypocritical it is but no more than most other organizations when the bottom line is effected.