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Filipina says she had to choose between job and religion
NEW YORK
A Filipino nurse claims she was forced to choose between her religious
convictions and her job when Mount Sinai Hospital ordered her to assist in a
late-term abortion against her will.
The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman
could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse
alleges in a lawsuit.
NEW YORK
A Filipino nurse claims she was forced to choose between her religious
convictions and her job when Mount Sinai Hospital ordered her to assist in a
late-term abortion against her will.
The hospital even exaggerated the patient's condition and claimed the woman
could die if the nurse, a devout Catholic, did not follow orders, the nurse
alleges in a lawsuit.
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"It felt like a horror film unfolding," said
Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, who claims
she has had gruesome nightmares and
hasn't been able to sleep since the May 24
incident.
The married mother of a year-old baby was
30 minutes into her early-morning shift
when she realized she had been assigned
to an abortion.
Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, who claims
she has had gruesome nightmares and
hasn't been able to sleep since the May 24
incident.
The married mother of a year-old baby was
30 minutes into her early-morning shift
when she realized she had been assigned
to an abortion.
She begged her supervisor to find a replacement nurse for the procedure.
The hospital had a six-hour window to find a fill-in, the suit says.
Bosses told the weeping Cenzon-DeCarlo the patient was 22 weeks into her
pregnancy and had preeclampsia, a condition marked by high blood
pressure that can lead to seizures or death if left untreated.
The supervisor "claimed that the mother could die if [Cenzon-DeCarlo] did not
assist in the abortion."
But the nurse, the niece of a Filipino bishop, contends that the patient's life
was not in danger.
She argued that the patient was not even on magnesium therapy, a common
treatment for preeclampsia, and did not have problems indicating an
emergency.
The hospital had a six-hour window to find a fill-in, the suit says.
Bosses told the weeping Cenzon-DeCarlo the patient was 22 weeks into her
pregnancy and had preeclampsia, a condition marked by high blood
pressure that can lead to seizures or death if left untreated.
The supervisor "claimed that the mother could die if [Cenzon-DeCarlo] did not
assist in the abortion."
But the nurse, the niece of a Filipino bishop, contends that the patient's life
was not in danger.
She argued that the patient was not even on magnesium therapy, a common
treatment for preeclampsia, and did not have problems indicating an
emergency.
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