What are the ethical considerations of this issue?
The ethical considerations involve the moral principles of the Catholic sponsored hospitals’ beliefs that restricted them from giving information regarding the morning after pill to patients that were treated for rape. The most critical portion of this issue is the fact that it was only information that was requested. This information will assist a rape victim to make an informed decision concerning the use of the Emergency contraception that must be used within the first seventy-two hours of rape to prevent the possibility of pregnancy following non-consensual sex, rape. Women who are not of the Catholic faith may not know that Catholic hospitals throughout the United States have their own …show more content…
In the federal appellate court case, the plaintiff had a right to receive the information from the Freeman Hospital’s emergency room skilled practitioner, and because she was a rape victim that had been rushed to the Freeman emergency room, that services the public. This patient had every right to receive. access to adequate disclosure of information, regarding the Emergency contraception for the prevention of pregnancy, so the patient could have made an informed decision within the 72 hours required for the use of the contraception. (Smugar, S., Spina, B., & Merz, J. 2000).
The court reasoning was probably based on the fact that the Freeman Hospital was in service to the public population within the boundary of that Catholic hospital not just Catholics, but people of all walks of life. The court farther reasoned that the morning-after pill actually constitutes the “prevention” of pregnancy it does not terminate a pregnancy. However, it was also reasoned that a patient has the right to make their own decision regarding what action she wish to take for her course of treatment. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff and did not accept the Freeman Catholic Hospital moral distinction as relevant in this case. The “Catholic Hospitals have a responsibility to provide information concerning, and access to, estrogen prophylaxis for rape victims” (Ascension Health,
The ethical considerations involve the moral principles of the Catholic sponsored hospitals’ beliefs that restricted them from giving information regarding the morning after pill to patients that were treated for rape. The most critical portion of this issue is the fact that it was only information that was requested. This information will assist a rape victim to make an informed decision concerning the use of the Emergency contraception that must be used within the first seventy-two hours of rape to prevent the possibility of pregnancy following non-consensual sex, rape. Women who are not of the Catholic faith may not know that Catholic hospitals throughout the United States have their own …show more content…
In the federal appellate court case, the plaintiff had a right to receive the information from the Freeman Hospital’s emergency room skilled practitioner, and because she was a rape victim that had been rushed to the Freeman emergency room, that services the public. This patient had every right to receive. access to adequate disclosure of information, regarding the Emergency contraception for the prevention of pregnancy, so the patient could have made an informed decision within the 72 hours required for the use of the contraception. (Smugar, S., Spina, B., & Merz, J. 2000).
The court reasoning was probably based on the fact that the Freeman Hospital was in service to the public population within the boundary of that Catholic hospital not just Catholics, but people of all walks of life. The court farther reasoned that the morning-after pill actually constitutes the “prevention” of pregnancy it does not terminate a pregnancy. However, it was also reasoned that a patient has the right to make their own decision regarding what action she wish to take for her course of treatment. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff and did not accept the Freeman Catholic Hospital moral distinction as relevant in this case. The “Catholic Hospitals have a responsibility to provide information concerning, and access to, estrogen prophylaxis for rape victims” (Ascension Health,