Ascension St. Vincent Sued By Workers Who Declined Covid-19 Vaccine On Religious Grounds INDIANOPIS — More than 50 employees of St. Vincent Hospital & Ascension Health in Indiana have suing the health care system because they say they were treated unfairly when they were not let off the hook for getting the COVID-19 vaccine because of their religious beliefs. The class-action lawsuit says that by turning down those requests, Ascension Health, that owns St. Vincent, broke Title VII of  Civil Rights Act of 1964. As per the complaint, employees got emails saying that the accommodation would cause "undue hardship to ...

Indiana lawmakers are still working on a bill that would make it illegal for transgender girls to play on girls sports team. It is one of a number of bills filed just at start of 2022 legislative session that would put limits on transgender people in Indiana. Last year, dozens of other state also tried to make it illegal for transgender girls to play sports for girls, and a similar bill in Texas just went into effect. Rep. Michelle Davis, R-Whiteland, who wrote the bill, said it was meant to protect girls' sports from transgender girls, who might have a...