{"id":813,"date":"2009-08-18T17:03:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T00:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=813"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:54:25","slug":"a-ny-nurse-forced-to-do-the-unthinkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"A NY Nurse Forced to do the Unthinkable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inside the Issues with Alan Sears<\/em><\/h2>\n

August 18, 2009
\nReproduced with permission<\/em><\/p>\n

Alliance Defense Fund <\/a><\/p>\n

The administrators at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital knew at least three\u00a0 things, that Sunday morning, when they ordered senior nurse Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo,\u00a0 at the last minute, to assist in a late-term abortion:<\/p>\n

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  1. They knew that Cathy, who is a devoted follower of Christ and a Catholic, was on long-term record with the hospital as opposing abortion for religious reasons.<\/li>\n
  2. They knew that, despite what some of them were telling Cathy, the medical situation was not a true emergency, and the mother’s life was not at stake.<\/li>\n
  3. They knew that, under federal law, any hospital receiving federal health funds \u2013 as Mount Sinai does \u2013 cannot force its employees to assist in abortion procedures under any circumstances.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Despite all that, the administrators told Cathy that if she didn’t assist in the\u00a0 procedure, she would face disciplinary action \u2013 likely including termination and\u00a0 loss of her professional license.<\/p>\n

    “Pro-life nurses shouldn’t be forced to assist in abortions against their\u00a0 beliefs,” said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman, who is representing Cathy in a lawsuit<\/a> filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New\u00a0 York. “Requiring a devout, Catholic nurse to participate in a late-term abortion\u00a0 in order to remain employed is illegal, unethical, and violates her rights of\u00a0 conscience. Federal law requires that employers who receive funding from tax\u00a0 dollars must not compel employees to violate their sincerely held religious\u00a0 beliefs, but this nurse’s objections fell on deaf ears.”<\/p>\n

    ADF attorneys are also requesting a preliminary injunction<\/a> that would order the hospital to honor\u00a0 Cenzon-DeCarlo’s religious objection against assisting in abortion and refrain\u00a0 from retaliation against her while the case moves forward. New York ADF-allied\u00a0 attorneys Joseph Ruta and Piero Tozzi are serving as local counsel in the case.<\/p>\n

    “Chasing away workers from the health care field is disastrous health care\u00a0 policy,” said Bowman. “An individual’s conscience is likely what brought them to\u00a0 the health care field. Denying or coercing their conscience will likely drive\u00a0 them right out.”<\/p>\n

    Cathy’s case is a clear example of an employer violating an employee’s right of\u00a0 conscience \u2013 and violations like this are happening all over the country\u00a0 everyday to people of sincere religious faith who work in the medical\u00a0 profession: not only nurses, but doctors and pharmacists as well.\u00a0 Please be in\u00a0 prayer for those who are trying to blend their medical skills with a Christ-like\u00a0 compassion and godly reverence for human life \u2013 and in particular prayer for our\u00a0 attorneys as they represent Cathy in this high profile and potentially\u00a0 nation-shaping case.<\/p>\n

    Contact<\/strong>: ADF MEDIA RELATIONS<\/a>\u00a0 (480) 444-0020<\/p>\n

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    ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation<\/a> to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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