Speaker 1: Rebecca Chamorrow, thirty three, and her husband are expecting their
Speaker 1: third crumb cruncher. They decided that three were enough, so
Speaker 1: she asked their obstetrician to perform a tubal ligation after
Speaker 1: she delivers the child. But the hospital where she planned
Speaker 1: to deliver the baby, as a Kapa hospital, a Mercy
Speaker 1: Medical Center in Reading, California. The hospital's religious principles do
Speaker 1: not permit tubals, so the request was turned down. There
Speaker 1: are other hospitals that do the procedure, albeit some distance away,
Speaker 1: so it shouldn't have become a major issue, but it has.
Speaker 1: The A. C. L U and Rebecca Shamarro sued the
Speaker 1: medical center and the healthcare provider Dignity Health, which operates
Speaker 1: thirty facilities in California, for sexual discrimination. Now the case
Speaker 1: hasn't gained much nationwide attention, but it was a big
Speaker 1: deal locally. Los Angeles Times recently published a scathing column
Speaker 1: backing the lawsuit, demanding the religious values of the healthcare
Speaker 1: provider be brushed aside. This week, San Francisco judge Ernest
Speaker 1: Goldsmith upheld the previous ruling that Mercy Medical Center was
Speaker 1: not engaging in discrimination by denying Miss shamorrow the procedure.
Speaker 1: He noted the hospital's policy of not offering sterilizations also
Speaker 1: applies to men, and pointed out the couple could get
Speaker 1: the procedure done somewhere else. Now, don't think for one
Speaker 1: minute that this ruling is the end of the story.
Speaker 1: The left will not rest. Liberals will exhaust every avenue
Speaker 1: of wage war on those who dare to exercise their
Speaker 1: religious values, particularly when it comes to the birth of
Speaker 1: a child. M