Indiana judge affirms discrimination judgment against diocese in teacher's in vitro case
March 10, 2015
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A federal judge in Indiana has ruled against the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, refusing to set aside a jury’s decision to award damages to a Catholic-school teacher who was dismissed after undergoing in vitro fertilization.
The teacher, Emily Herx, originally was awarded $1.9 in damages by the jury that found the diocese had illegally discriminated against her. A judge later reduced that sum to $540,000.
The diocese had argued, unsuccessfully, that the decision not to rehire Herx was made because, by opting for in vitro fertilization, she had engaged in a public repudiation of Catholic moral teaching. In finding the decision discriminatory, the court had ruled that Herx was dismissed because she was pregnant.
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Mar. 10, 2015 6:35 PM ET USA
What! She did not understand the teachings of the Church on this subject. Another secular court imposing what it believes should be your beliefs. Hope they appeal this idiot.
