In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren’t people

January 23, 2013 | Filed under: Catholic Church,News,Reproductive Rights | Posted by:

Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal and state laws that fail to protect “unborn persons,” and Catholic Health’s lawyers in this case had the chance to set precedent bolstering anti-abortion legal arguments. Instead, they are arguing state law protects doctors from liability concerning unborn fetuses on grounds that those fetuses are not persons with legal rights.

What’s this about? A Catholic hospital’s defense against a wrongful-death lawsuit which flies in the face of the Church’s official position that fetuses are, indeed, humans who should, in fact, have full personhood rights.

Read more at The Colorado Independent.

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