Leilani Lutali - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:56:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Leilani Lutali - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Colorado woman who won't get vaccinated denied transplant https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/10/11/colorado-woman-who-wont-get-vaccinated-denied-transplant/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:53:37 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=141332 When a Colorado woman found out her hospital wouldn't approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine, she was left with a difficult decision pitting her health needs against her religious beliefs. Leilani Lutali, a born-again Christian, went with her faith. Even though she has stage 5 kidney disease that puts her Read more

Colorado woman who won't get vaccinated denied transplant... Read more]]> When a Colorado woman found out her hospital wouldn't approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine, she was left with a difficult decision pitting her health needs against her religious beliefs.

Leilani Lutali, a born-again Christian, went with her faith.

Even though she has stage 5 kidney disease that puts her at risk of dying without a new kidney, Lutali, 56, said she could not agree to be vaccinated because of the role that stem cells have played in the development of vaccines.

"As a Christian, I can't support anything that has to do with abortion of babies, and the sanctity of life for me is precious," she said.

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