# Catholic hospital argues that fetuses aren't people in malpractice suit.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-hospital-argues-that-fetuses-arent-people-in-malpractice-suit/649356 "2013-02-05T03:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-hospital-argues-that-fetuses-arent-people-in-malpractice-suit/649356/1 "2013-02-05T03:27:08Z")

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[This](http://coloradoindependent.com/126808/in-malpractice-case-catholic-hospital-argues-fetuses-arent-people) is fucking hilarous. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-hospital-argues-that-fetuses-arent-people-in-malpractice-suit/649356/2 "2013-02-05T03:58:01Z")

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Changing definitions when it suits them… Well isn’t that con-VEEEN-yent?