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Monday, July 27, 2009

New York hospital ordered Catholic nurse to assist with abortion

What happened to the conscience protections that Barry said he supported?

Catherina Lorena Cenzon-DeCarlo-- a nurse and the niece of a Philippine bishop-- has filed suit against Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York after she was allegedly ordered to take part in an abortion despite her longstanding conscientious objections.

“Because it was included in the requirements of her nursing duties as an assistant on the case, Mount Sinai forced Mrs. DeCarlo to watch the doctor remove the bloody arms and legs of the child from its mother’s body by with forceps, and then after the surgery, to view the bloody body parts in the specimen cup, put saline in the cup, and take it to the specimen area,” the suit alleges. “Ms. Carpo [her nursing supervisor] said that if Mrs. DeCarlo did not participate in the case, Mrs. DeCarlo would be brought up on charges of ‘insubordination and patient abandonment.’”

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Nurse forced to participate in abortion speaks out

2 comments:

Annie said...

And so it begins.

Teresa said...

This is unconscionable :(