“But when it came to mounting a defense in the Stodghill case, Catholic Health’s lawyers effectively turned the Church directives on their head. 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.”
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In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren’t people | The Colorado Independent
Of course. To protect a hospital and doctors, fetuses aren’t people. But to make sure a woman is forced into motherhood and/or punished for having sex when she can’t raise the resulting offspring by giving the child(ren) up for adoption to be raised by better Christians…they are.