Thread: Teacher says Catholic school fired her over Invitro

An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over reproductive and religious rights.
Emily Herx's lawsuit accuses the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and St. Vincent de Paul school in Fort Wayne of discrimination for her firing last June. Herx, 31, of Hoagland, Ind., says that the church pastor told her she was a "grave, immoral sinner" and that a scandal would erupt if anyone learned she had undergone in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
The Roman Catholic Church shuns IVF, which involves mixing egg and sperm in a laboratory dish and transferring a resulting embryo into the womb. Herx said she was fired despite exemplary performance reviews in her eight years as a language arts teacher.


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This case struck a nerve with me. My Son and his wife could not have children till they got an invitro. They now have a twin Boy and Girl. I think the Catholic church is wrong on this issue.
This teacher from Indiana was fired for using current day medical practices to have children. Its a miracle of medicine that this is available for women that can't normally have children. Its bringing a life into the world that would never be born. I can't see anything immoral about this practice. What think you? Comments?

Those clinics throw away a lot of zygotes.

Originally Posted by Blueneck

Those clinics throw away a lot of zygotes.

I don't know much about that , but the act of helping a woman have a child seems like a win win situation to me. This is helping a life to be born. Heck I know a guy that inseminates cows so they produce milk. I'lll bet Catholic priest drinks milk once in awhile.

Originally Posted by aboutenough

I don't know much about that , but the act of helping a woman have a child seems like a win win situation to me. This is helping a life to be born. Heck I know a guy that inseminates cows so they produce milk. I'lll bet Catholic priest drinks milk once in awhile.

Most cattle is produced by insemination these days I believe.

I applaud the Catholics for at least being consistent. They don't want people taking birth control or getting abortions, it seems to me this would be along the same lines - playing God to get what you want.

Although I don't think someone should be fired for this, I also don't really approve of the church operating as a business to begin with so...

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Sympathies for the girl, but have to come down on the side of the private school. The school policies and the parents sending their kids have agreed on standards. Awkward to maintain those standards in the eyes of the students if the school role models do not adhere to them.

Sometimes life doesn't have simple answers.

Originally Posted by Blueneck

Most cattle is produced by insemination these days I believe.

I applaud the Catholics for at least being consistent. They don't want people taking birth control or getting abortions, it seems to me this would be along the same lines - playing God to get what you want.

Although I don't think someone should be fired for this, I also don't really approve of the church operating as a business to begin with so...

Taking a life in the mothers womb bothers me, but fertilizing the mothers egg from the sperm of the father is just helping the process that doesn't function correctly. God gave doctors the gift to figure that process out. Its not playing God

Originally Posted by aboutenough

An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over reproductive and religious rights.
Emily Herx's lawsuit accuses the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and St. Vincent de Paul school in Fort Wayne of discrimination for her firing last June. Herx, 31, of Hoagland, Ind., says that the church pastor told her she was a "grave, immoral sinner" and that a scandal would erupt if anyone learned she had undergone in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
The Roman Catholic Church shuns IVF, which involves mixing egg and sperm in a laboratory dish and transferring a resulting embryo into the womb. Herx said she was fired despite exemplary performance reviews in her eight years as a language arts teacher.


Read more: Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF | Fox News

This case struck a nerve with me. My Son and his wife could not have children till they got an invitro. They now have a twin Boy and Girl. I think the Catholic church is wrong on this issue.
This teacher from Indiana was fired for using current day medical practices to have children. Its a miracle of medicine that this is available for women that can't normally have children. Its bringing a life into the world that would never be born. I can't see anything immoral about this practice. What think you? Comments?

I agree with you, About. This is not any more immoral than going to the hospital to put a cast on your arm.

Interesting thread... seeing good points on either side. This is what happens when we have multiple "rights" that don't always agree with each other.

Originally Posted by Chief

I agree with you, About. This is not any more immoral than going to the hospital to put a cast on your arm.

I can see the Catholics views on taking a young childs life in the womb, but giving life in the womb seems like a blessing I have two grandkids because of this invitro.

Originally Posted by aboutenough

An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over reproductive and religious rights.
Emily Herx's lawsuit accuses the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and St. Vincent de Paul school in Fort Wayne of discrimination for her firing last June. Herx, 31, of Hoagland, Ind., says that the church pastor told her she was a "grave, immoral sinner" and that a scandal would erupt if anyone learned she had undergone in vitro fertilization, or IVF.
The Roman Catholic Church shuns IVF, which involves mixing egg and sperm in a laboratory dish and transferring a resulting embryo into the womb. Herx said she was fired despite exemplary performance reviews in her eight years as a language arts teacher.


Read more: Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF | Fox News

This case struck a nerve with me. My Son and his wife could not have children till they got an invitro. They now have a twin Boy and Girl. I think the Catholic church is wrong on this issue.
This teacher from Indiana was fired for using current day medical practices to have children. Its a miracle of medicine that this is available for women that can't normally have children. Its bringing a life into the world that would never be born. I can't see anything immoral about this practice. What think you? Comments?

She does not have to choose to work there if she disagrees with their belief system, and she knew what their beliefs were before she accepted a job there, so it is her own fault.