Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn’t the same as a ‘person’
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Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa is arguing that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person” when calculating damages.

Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa, a faith-based health care provider, is arguing in a medical malpractice case that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person” for the purpose of calculating damage awards.

In Iowa, court-ordered awards for noneconomic losses stemming from medical malpractice are capped at $250,000, except in cases that entail the “loss or impairment of mind or body.”

Attorneys for the CHI and MercyOne hospital are arguing the cap on damages still applies in cases where the “loss” is that of a fetus or unborn child.

CHI’s status as a nonprofit, tax-exempt entity is based on its stated mission of providing health services “in the spirit of the gospel.” The ethics guidelines it approved in 2018 state that the corporation is committed to “respect the sacredness of every human life from the moment of conception until death.”

      • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
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        25 days ago

        Not really. They banned priest marriage so they could stop paying pensions to widows and would inherit all their property, and throughout the Catholic existence they were selling pardons for sins.

        Even the establishment of Christianity was a cash grab. They gentrified Jesus because Jews weren’t interested in this particular messiah and it was the gentiles who had the cash at the time.

      • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        I dunno, there was some pretty cool stuff going on in central/south america in the 60s. Ernest cardenal and solentiname come to mind.

        • orange_squeezer@lemm.ee
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          25 days ago

          Less than twenty years after the Catholic church formed “rat lines” to smuggle Nazis to South America to protect them from prosecution for their crimes against humanity.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    25 days ago

    Hey hey now. Dont be bashful. You and your ilk has screamed that it does. In your eyes, you killed a person. You can’t switch when its uncomfortable for you.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    24 days ago

    Abortion? It’s a person, you murderers!

    We fucked up? Well it’s a fetus, not a person!

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      Well, the problem is that “Faith Based Institutions” are exposed to any amount of liability for anything at all. Obviously, these people were infallible and it was the sinful patients who were at fault.

    • Jarix@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Never heard that before, what do i search for? Would love to have this info in my back pocket for when needed

    • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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      25 days ago

      “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:4-5

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        24 days ago

        “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”

        Ephesians 6:5-8

  • Kaboom@reddthat.com
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    25 days ago

    Why do y’all have a problem with this? Y’all think it’s just a clump of cells. A parasite.