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ACLU Sues Catholic Hospitals Who Would Let Women Die Rather Than Perform Abortions
Author: Shannon Barber
October 1, 2015 1:23 pm



Everyone knows that the Catholic Church hates abortion. That is their right under the First Amendment, of course. However, that is where things get complicated. The Catholic Church also runs many hospitals. To that end, they insert their stance on abortion, contraceptives, and other vital reproductive healthcare issues into the running of these medical institutions. That goes up to and including denying women abortions — even if it risks their lives. Well, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) hopes to change all of that.

On Thursday, October 1, the national ACLU and the ACLU of Michigan have decided to go public with a lawsuit they are filing against the Trinity Health Corporation, which is among the largest hospital systems in the nation. The lawsuit addresses their willingness to endanger the lives of the women who come to them in distress and for treatment because of the Church’s — and by extension, the hospitals’– draconian stance on abortion.

There have been several cases that have prompted this broad and sweeping lawsuit, including the case of a woman named Jessica Mann, who is suffering from a brain tumor that makes it ill-advised and possibly life-threatening for her to become pregnant again. Genesys Hospital was presented with a letter demanding a medically necessary exception, but the exception was denied.

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