Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a 'person'

[Swede]

It's a case of "If we can hit that bull's-eye then the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards - Checkmate."

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.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/aiming-to-limit-damages-catholic-hospital-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person/

[mcar]

1. Hoist with their own petard!

Well, well, well.

[Srkdqltr]

2. All religious morals go away in the face of money.

[Swede]

3. God always needs cash.

nt

[madaboutharry]

4. I know women who refused to go to Mercy

for care and refused to have their babies there.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Damn hypocrites.

They want it both ways.

[BOSSHOG]

6. "Purpose of Calculating Damage Awards"

Straight out of the Bible’s Book of Hypocrisy.

The loss of an UNBORN CHILD does not equate to the death of a PERSON. Praise the Lord.

[Solly Mack]

7. Of course.

[progressoid]

8. Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is now CommonSpirit

Still Catholic but they are trying to downplay that aspect IMHO.
I know someone who works there and the transition to the new organization has been rocky to say the least.

https://www.commonspirit.org/news-articles/commonspirit-health-launches-as-new-health-system

CHICAGO—FEB. 1, 2019—Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) have come together as CommonSpirit Health, creating a new nonprofit Catholic health system focused on advancing health for all people and serving communities in 21 states.

The $29 billion system operates more than 700 care sites and 142 hospitals, as well as research programs, virtual care services, home health programs, and living communities. CommonSpirit Health also supports a range of community health programs to create healthier communities and address the root causes of poor health such as access to quality care and health equity, affordable housing, safe neighborhoods, and a healthy environment.

[Meowmee]

9. Hmm seems like a case of they want it both ways

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It’s not a person if it saves them money on a lawsuit etc. It is also well known that catholic hospitals for many years were not a good place to give birth because they would not try to save a mother’s life over a baby etc. They also used to baptize non christian babies, lol, my father was born in a catholic hospital and said they baptized him, probably not official though, and joked because of that he wouldn’t go to hell.

[republianmushroom]

10. It is all about money.

[NickB79]

11. Ironically, this is EXACTLY how the Bible approaches it

Basically, if a man injure a woman so that she miscarries, her husband is entitled to reparations as the judges determine.

Absolutely NOTHING about treating an unborn fetus as a person, because the Bible punishes killing a person with the death penalty.

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Exodus%2021%3A22