New York Catholic Nurse Forced To Assist In Abortion (The Bulletin Philadelphia)
Monday, August 03, 2009The Bulletin (Philadelphia): "A New York City nurse filed suit against her hospital this week, accusing the hospital of forcing her to assist in a late-term abortion that violated her beliefs.
Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo filed suit against Mount Sinai Hospital for scheduling her to assist with an abortion of a 22-week old pregnancy in May. Ms. Cenzon-DeCarlo says that she was forced to assist under the threat of disciplinary action, including possible termination and loss of her license. The hospital has known of her religious objections to abortion since 2004.
According to the suit, filed by attorneys of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), hospital administrators characterized the scheduled abortion as an 'emergency.' The patient was suffering from preeclampsia, a disorder that causes high blood pressure in pregnant women. Although Ms. Cenzon-DeCarlo requested to be removed from the schedule for the abortion, she was threatened with insubordination and patient abandonment if she did not cooperate."
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