{"id":9726,"date":"2019-10-03T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9726"},"modified":"2019-12-20T10:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:11:38","slug":"assisted-suicide-case-about-doctor-fired-from-catholic-health-network-challenges-religious-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9726","title":{"rendered":"Assisted Suicide Case About Doctor Fired from Catholic Health Network Challenges Religious Freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Newsweek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Jeffery Martin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centura Health, a Catholic health care network in Colorado, fired a doctor who attempted to help a terminally ill man end his life. According to KDVR, the lawsuit filed against Centura will be going back to state court where questions about freedom of religion could be raised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Barbara Morris wanted to prescribe life-ending drugs to Neil Mahoney, a 64-year-old with incurable cancer. Centura&#8217;s policies against assisted suicide allegedly violated state law. KCNC reports that after asking a state court to declare that she could not be sanctioned for attempting to help her patient end his life, Dr. Morris was dismissed from her position. . . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/assisted-suicide-case-about-doctor-fired-catholic-health-network-challenges-religious-freedoms-1463090\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek Jeffery Martin Centura Health, a Catholic health care network in Colorado, fired a doctor who attempted to help a terminally ill man end his life. According to KDVR, the lawsuit filed against Centura will be going back to state court where questions about freedom of religion could be raised. Dr. Barbara Morris wanted to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assisted Suicide Case About Doctor Fired from Catholic Health Network Challenges Religious Freedoms&#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":[77,643,217,9,295,28],"tags":[3702,3023,414,3703],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-christianity-catholicism","category-lawsuits","category-news","category-religious-freedom","category-usa","tag-barbara-morris","tag-centura-health","tag-colorado","tag-neil-mahoney"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Assisted Suicide Case About Doctor Fired from Catholic Health Network Challenges Religious Freedoms - 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=9726\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Assisted Suicide Case About Doctor Fired from Catholic Health Network Challenges Religious Freedoms - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Newsweek Jeffery Martin Centura Health, a Catholic health care network in Colorado, fired a doctor who attempted to help a terminally ill man end his life. 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