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Catholic School Denies Calling Teacher, Who Had IVF, 'Grave, Immoral Sinner'

By AP May 14th 2012 @ 3:28PM

By Charles Wilson INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana diocese is denying that it discriminated against a parochial school teacher who claims that she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. ...

Catholic School Teacher Fired, Called 'Grave, Immoral Sinner,' For Infertility Treatments

By Claire Gordon Apr 25th 2012 @ 12:17PM

Emily Herx couldn't have children. She suffered from a diagnosed medical condition that causes infertility, but she and her husband were determined. A Catholic school teacher, Herx asked her principal to take some sick days so she could undergo fertility treatments, reports the Journal Gazette. Soon after, she ...