Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Please appeal this ruling

This report from The Christian Post is disturbing,

 "A federal court ruled the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center broke the law by refusing to remove the uterus of a trans-identified patient due to the religious beliefs of the Institution, which is committed to Catholic principles while also being part of the public medical system.

U.S. District Court Judge Deborah K. Chasanow ruled Friday that the hospital violated the Affordable Care Act and discriminated against plaintiff Jesse Hammons, a biological female diagnosed with gender dysphoria, by refusing to conduct a planned hysterectomy (removal of the womb) because it doesn't conduct those procedures to address gender dysphoria. 

The ruling acknowledged that St. Joseph's policy is guided by the National Catholic Bioethics Center's interpretation of Ethical and Religious Directives, which prohibits such procedures because they do not 'conform to the true good of the human person, who is a body-soul union unalterably created male or female.'

Chasanow, a Clinton appointee, issued a summary judgment stating that the facility may not assert a defense based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act because it receives federal funds."

 Courts should not punish the hospital. The doctor willing to perform a hysterectomy on a physically healthy woman is the one who needs to be punished. He/she should lose his/her license.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:20 AM

    Presumably this will be appealed. According to the report, there are now two Appeals Court decisions contrary to this ruling, including the Appeals Court for Maryland (Fifth Circuit). This judge is out of line and should be reversed.

    The patient got her hysterectomy at another hospital. This lawsuit was purely punitive.

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  2. Katherine6:21 AM

    Sorry, that comment was from me. I keep forgetting to change my Profile.

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