DOJ Sues University of Vermont for Violating Pro-life Conscience RightsBy Francis J. Manion16082246452951608224645295
It’s been nearly three years since a nurse in Vermont first contacted the ACLJ with what was the most blatant and horrifying account of a conscience rights’ violation we had ever heard. As we told you, our client, a surgical nurse with over ten years’ experience, worked at the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) in Burlington, Vermont. When she was originally hired, her hospital rarely, if ever, did abortions. Even so, our client and a number of other pro-life nurses made it clear that they objected to participating in any abortions on religious grounds. The surgical unit even maintained a list of objectors and – for the most part, although at times begrudgingly – honored their objections.