{"id":6878,"date":"2016-06-09T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T21:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2018-03-05T19:10:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T03:10:28","slug":"winnebago-county-lpn-sues-over-loss-of-job-due-to-religious-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6878","title":{"rendered":"Winnebago County LPN Sues Over Loss Of Job Due To Religious Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Northern Public Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A licensed practical nurse is suing the Winnebago County Health Department over allegedly violating her religious conscience.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Mendoza worked in the pediatrics unit until it was consolidated with women\u2019s health and began offering contraception and abortion referrals.\u00a0 Citing her Catholic beliefs, she petitioned for an accommodation from the hospital.\u00a0 Her attorney, Noel Sterett, says what was offered in July of last year, either inspecting food or nursing home work, amounted to a demotion. . .<strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/northernpublicradio.org\/post\/winnebago-county-lpn-sues-over-loss-job-due-religious-beliefs\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Public Radio A licensed practical nurse is suing the Winnebago County Health Department over allegedly violating her religious conscience. Sandra Mendoza worked in the pediatrics unit until it was consolidated with women\u2019s health and began offering contraception and abortion referrals.\u00a0 Citing her Catholic beliefs, she petitioned for an accommodation from the hospital.\u00a0 Her attorney, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6878\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Winnebago County LPN Sues Over Loss Of Job Due To Religious Beliefs&#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":[46,643,650,217,9,19,28],"tags":[191,261,293,2378],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity-catholicism","category-contraception","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-repression-of-conscience","category-usa","tag-illinois","tag-nurses","tag-referral","tag-sandra-mendoza"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Winnebago County LPN Sues Over Loss Of Job Due To Religious Beliefs - 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=6878\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winnebago County LPN Sues Over Loss Of Job Due To Religious Beliefs - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Northern Public Radio A licensed practical nurse is suing the Winnebago County Health Department over allegedly violating her religious conscience. 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