Thursday, October 27, 2016

ACLU Sues Catholic Hospital for Refusing Care to Pregnant Woman With Brain Tumor, Because Religion

The ACLU is suing the largest Catholic health system in the world for its refusal last year to allow the simple yet essential procedure of tying the tubes of a pregnant woman who had a brain tumor to be performed. Because of its religion-based policies, Ascension Health and its subsidiary Genesys Health System allegedly refused to allow the tubal ligation to be performed during a C-section for Jessica Mann when she was pregnant with her third child. A tubal ligation would prohibit the woman from becoming pregnant in the future, but would also serve to help save her life during her pregnancy....
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/carlyle_addy/aclu_sues_catholic_health_system_for_refusing_necessary_reproductive_care


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