US: A Wisconsin teacher is suing a Catholic school that fired her for becoming pregnant by using in vitro fertilisation. Kelly Romenesko became pregnant with identical twins in 2004 but the school told her that her use of in vitro fertilisation breached her contractual agreement to follow Catholic teachings.
"I did not know what the Catholic doctrine stated against in vitro fertilisation. I didn't know what I was doing as far as in vitro goes that went against doctrine," she told ABC's Good Morning America.
Catholic teaching opposes in vitro fertilisation because it occurs outside a marital sexual act and some embryos can be destroyed.
After she was fired, Ms Romenesko filed a complaint with the state department of workforce development, alleging sexual discrimination and that her contract was terminated because she was pregnant.
Her complaint was rejected but she is appealing before an administrative judge.
Ms Romenesko's doctor, Mark Severino, also a Catholic, told the Appleton Post-Crescent, a local paper, that his conscience is clear. "In my heart I feel I am helping patients. All I feel is I am a vehicle in helping someone have a child," he said.
