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Related: About this forumJury in fertilization lawsuit finds Indiana diocese discriminated against fired teacher
This is a few days old but significant enough it's worth posting:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/286407101.html
FORT WAYNE, Ind. A federal jury ruled Friday that a northern Indiana Roman Catholic diocese discriminated against a former teacher in one of its schools by firing her after church officials learned she was trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization.
The group of five women and seven men announced its decision in favor of Emily Herx late Friday afternoon after beginning deliberations about 10:30 a.m., finding she was the victim of discrimination when the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend declined to renew her contract at St. Vincent de Paul School in 2011. Her attorneys had argued that male teachers accused of violating the moral teachings of the church had been allowed to keep their jobs.
The jury awarded Herx $1.75 million for emotional and physical damages, $125,000 for medical expenses, $75,000 for lost wages and $1 in punitive damages, WANE-TV reported.
The diocese had contended Herx violated the terms of her contract and plans to file an appeal of the decision, according to the station. The diocese argued that, according to church teachings, in vitro fertilization is gravely evil, no circumstance can justify it, and those beliefs apply to men and women who participate in the procedure.
The group of five women and seven men announced its decision in favor of Emily Herx late Friday afternoon after beginning deliberations about 10:30 a.m., finding she was the victim of discrimination when the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend declined to renew her contract at St. Vincent de Paul School in 2011. Her attorneys had argued that male teachers accused of violating the moral teachings of the church had been allowed to keep their jobs.
The jury awarded Herx $1.75 million for emotional and physical damages, $125,000 for medical expenses, $75,000 for lost wages and $1 in punitive damages, WANE-TV reported.
The diocese had contended Herx violated the terms of her contract and plans to file an appeal of the decision, according to the station. The diocese argued that, according to church teachings, in vitro fertilization is gravely evil, no circumstance can justify it, and those beliefs apply to men and women who participate in the procedure.
I've seen it reported elsewhere that the RCC will (of course) be appealing this decision. Should be interesting to follow in the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision.
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Jury in fertilization lawsuit finds Indiana diocese discriminated against fired teacher (Original Post)
trotsky
Dec 2014
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What kind of contract describes what you can and can't do with your vagina, ovaries and uterus?
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2014
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AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)1. Good.
One dollar in punitive damages? I'm sure there's a reason for that, but I can't guess.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)2. What kind of contract describes what you can and can't do with your vagina, ovaries and uterus?
Yeah we don't have a religion problem in this country. Not at all.
rug
(82,333 posts)3. An at-will contract.