- Mar 28, 2005
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Several articles on this today. Here's one:
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-teacher-claims-she-was-fired-for-using-ivf/1
Bullet point summary:
Married woman is teacher at Catholic school for 7 years;
She and her husband want to have another child but she has fertility problems;
She alleges she told her supervisor at the school that she was trying in vitro, that supervisor was supportive and told her that he was praying for her to get pregnant;
The higher ups at the Diocese find out about it and she is fired.
She alleges male teachers have gotten vasectomies which is apparently against Catholic doctrine and not been fired;
She sues for discrimination.
She says no embryos were destroyed in her in vitro procedures. Apparently in vitro is against Catholic doctrine either way. The Diocese referred to it as "sinful" and "evil."
There is a "ministerial" exception under the law where a religious institution can hire and fire for religious reasons and not be subject to discrimination suits. However, her attorney argues that this exception does not apply because she is not a priest and did not teach religion, taught secular subjects.
Is this just a matter of religious freedom for the school, or should she be allowed to pursue a discrimination claim, assuming for the sake of argument, that she can show that other employees were not fired for violating Catholic doctrine?
- wolf
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-teacher-claims-she-was-fired-for-using-ivf/1
Bullet point summary:
Married woman is teacher at Catholic school for 7 years;
She and her husband want to have another child but she has fertility problems;
She alleges she told her supervisor at the school that she was trying in vitro, that supervisor was supportive and told her that he was praying for her to get pregnant;
The higher ups at the Diocese find out about it and she is fired.
She alleges male teachers have gotten vasectomies which is apparently against Catholic doctrine and not been fired;
She sues for discrimination.
She says no embryos were destroyed in her in vitro procedures. Apparently in vitro is against Catholic doctrine either way. The Diocese referred to it as "sinful" and "evil."
There is a "ministerial" exception under the law where a religious institution can hire and fire for religious reasons and not be subject to discrimination suits. However, her attorney argues that this exception does not apply because she is not a priest and did not teach religion, taught secular subjects.
Is this just a matter of religious freedom for the school, or should she be allowed to pursue a discrimination claim, assuming for the sake of argument, that she can show that other employees were not fired for violating Catholic doctrine?
- wolf