Sued in twins' death, Catholic Health Initiatives told court not to consider fetuses people; CHI members: Bergan Mercy, Immanuel, Creighton, Alegent and St. Elizabeth

John Tomasic of the Colorado Independent reports that pregnant Lori Stodghill died less than an hour after arriving at the emergency room of St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, CO. Stodghill’s obstetrician, Dr. Pelham Staples, also the obstetrician on call for emergencies that night, never answered a page. Stodghill's twins died in her womb.
     A defendent in her wrongful death suit, Catholic Health Initiatives, argued that the court

“should not overturn the long-standing rule in Colorado that the term ‘person,’ as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive. Colorado state courts define ‘person’ under the Act to include only those born alive. Therefore Plaintiffs cannot maintain wrongful death claims based on two unborn fetuses.”

(Via JoeMyGod)