ADF Comes to the Defense of Pro-Life Nurse in Louisiana…

Posted on July 12, 2005 by waynem

Several years ago, ADF and its allies successfully defended the employment rights of a pro-life nurse in Illinois who faced termination for refusing to assist in abortions at the hospital in which she was employed. 

Now a similar case with alarming ramifications for the right of conscience of pro-life individuals has arisen in Louisiana, and ADF is once again coming to the defense of a nurse who was terminated for refusing to administer the bizarrely named “morning after” abortion pill.

Toni Lemly informed hospital supervisory staff at St. Tammany Parish Hospital that she could not issue the pill because of her sincerely held religious beliefs.  The hospital fired her from her full-time position.  Lemly was demoted to part-time status, resulting in a substantial reduction of pay as well as the loss of employee benefits.

ADF attorney Mike Johnson, with allied attorneys Brian Arabie and Warren Montgomery, has come to her defense, filing a lawsuit against the hospital for terminating her employment.  You can read the petition at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/LemlyPFD.pdf.

Mike says: “This case is about the protection of freedom of conscience.  The hospital’s refusal to make a reasonable accommodation for Ms. Lemly’s sincerely held religious beliefs and their termination of her full-time job is unlawful…she should not be discriminated against because of her faith. All that she asks of the hospital is to respect her freedom in choosing to not participate in the taking of a human life.”

ADF and its allies will continue to defend the right for individuals to freely live and proclaim their faith in case after case, court after court.  We will keep you posted on the progress of this case in the weeks and months ahead. 

Read the ADF press release…
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1 Response to ADF Comes to the Defense of Pro-Life Nurse in Louisiana…

  1. Crystal says:
    July 12, 2005 at 3:01 pm

    In situations like this one, I don’t understand why the other staff members don’t just say something like “Ok, we’ll have so-and-so administer this instead.”
    Is it so difficult? -sighs-

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