{"id":6713,"date":"2016-04-11T15:44:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6713"},"modified":"2018-03-06T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:45:14","slug":"aclu-loses-case-to-force-catholic-hospital-to-perform-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6713","title":{"rendered":"ACLU loses case to force Catholic hospital to perform abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>LifeSite News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Ben Johnson<\/p>\n<p>DETROIT, April 11, 2016 (<u><a href=\"http:\/\/lifesitenews.com\/\">LifeSiteNews<\/a><\/u>) \u2013 A Michigan judge has thrown out the ACLU&#8217;s lawsuit attempting to force a nationwide chain of Catholic hospitals to perform abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division dismissed the case, saying the liberal legal organization lacks standing to sue.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/aclu-files-lawsuit-to-force-catholic-hospitals-to-provide-abortions\"> ACLU filed suit against Trinity Health Corporation<\/a>, which operates 86 health care facilities in 21 states nationwide, last October because Trinity \u2013 a Catholic institution \u2013 abides by the U.S. Bishops&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/human-life-and-dignity\/health-care\/upload\/Ethical-Religious-Directives-Catholic-Health-Care-Services-fifth-edition-2009.pdf\">Ethical and Religious Directives (ERDs)<\/a>,\u00a0which bar physicians from taking unborn human life. . . [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/aclu-loses-case-to-force-catholic-hospital-to-perform-abortions?\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LifeSite News Ben Johnson DETROIT, April 11, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) \u2013 A Michigan judge has thrown out the ACLU&#8217;s lawsuit attempting to force a nationwide chain of Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division dismissed the case, saying the liberal legal organization lacks standing to sue. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6713\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ACLU loses case to force Catholic hospital to perform abortions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,217,9,295,28],"tags":[57,62,2189],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-usa","tag-alliance-defending-freedom","tag-american-civil-liberties-union-aclu","tag-trinity-health-corporation"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>ACLU loses case to force Catholic hospital to perform abortions - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6713\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACLU loses case to force Catholic hospital to perform abortions - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LifeSite News Ben Johnson DETROIT, April 11, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) \u2013 A Michigan judge has thrown out the ACLU&#8217;s lawsuit attempting to force a nationwide chain of Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. 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