Jeremy Stodghill

Blogs
April 24, 2013
Fetuses-aren't-people lawsuit: Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear the case
The Colorado Supreme Court has declined to hear a case in which Englewood-based Catholic Health Initiatives argued that it couldn't be held liable for the deaths of two unborn babies at one of its hospitals because fetuses are not people. The case was the focus of our recent cover story "The Meaning ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2013
Fetuses-aren't-people argument was "morally wrong," says Catholic hospital
Catholic Health Initiatives has acknowledged that it was "morally wrong" for its lawyers to argue in court that fetuses aren't people. As explained in our cover story "The Meaning of Life," the Englewood-based operator of 78 Catholic hospitals in seventeen states claimed that it couldn't be held lia ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2013
Fetus = person? District court judges have come to different conclusions
This week's cover story, "The Meaning of Life," tells the story behind a seemingly contradictory legal argument being made by Englewood-based Catholic Health Initiatives: that a fetus is not a person. The court case in which it asserts that claim has now been appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court. ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
Fetuses-aren't-people lawsuit: Bishops to review Catholic hospital's argument
Colorado's Catholic bishops say they will "undertake a full review" of a lawsuit in which Catholic Health Initiatives, an Englewood-based operator of 78 Catholic hospitals in seventeen states, has argued that it can't be held liable for the deaths of two unborn babies because fetuses are not people. ... More >>
News
January 24, 2013
Is a fetus a person? The Colorado Supreme Court may have to decide.
See also: Fetus = person? District court judges have come to different conclusions