Nurse Wins

Nurse Wins

Nurse Who Was Fired Because She is Pro-Life Wins $374,000 in Court - Life News

 
A pro-life Illinois nurse who was fired after refusing to refer mothers for abortions won her case in court this week and has been awarded $374,000 in damages and attorney fees. A local court in Illinois ruled that Sandra Mendoza Rojas, of Rockford, should not have been fired from the Winnebago County Health Clinic for living out her pro-life beliefs.
 
Rojas worked as a pediatric nurse for 18 years before she was fired in 2015, according to the report. She said she refused to comply with a new requirement that nurses be trained to help women obtain abortion drugs and refer women to abortion facilities.
 
“The Health Department improperly discriminated against (Rojas) by refusing to accommodate her objections of conscience in her existing job at the clinic,” the court wrote in its ruling. “The Court has concluded that the Health Department could have reasonably accommodated (Rojas’) objections without removing her from her job.” Sterett is hopeful this case will send a clear warning to employers about the importance of honoring someone’s religious beliefs. 

- Heavenly Father, we thank you for this legal victory, and for plaintiffs, lawyers, and judges who are committed to doing what is right, protecting our freedom to serve you in our jobs. We ask that this case would serve as the legal precedent, so that the cases of all other health care professionals in the same situation would also be honored. 

Lord God, we ask You to continue to work on the hearts and minds of our U.S. Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade. In preparation for that day, raise up godly pro-life candidates in every state, and help us encourage our fellow believers to vote.
 
- "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”  (Galatians 6:9)