Catholic group fires social worker for womens rights advocacy on International Womens Day
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Catholic group fires social worker for womens rights advocacy on International Womens Day
Catholic Charities, a non-profit thats working to reduce poverty in America, has fired a social worker for her womens rights advocacy, the Guardian reports. Lori Gregory lost her job at Hope Haven, a mental health facility for children in Mississippi, on WednesdayInternational Womens Day.
In her termination letter, Gregory was accused of violating the Churchs Code of Ethics: the social workers transgression appears to be her opposition to Mississippis Personhood Amendment, chronicled in a profile in the publication Find It in Fondren. The 2011 measure would have defined fertilized eggs as people, leading to an abortion ban and restraints on birth control, in vitro fertilization and medical research.
In the piece, Gregory notes that her activism was inspired by her daughter.
I want to teach her that even though you dont always get what you want, you do not have to be a victim to the system. You can at least stand up and be heard, she told the publication Find It in Fondren.