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A teacher in Indiana is fired after getting fertility treatments in an effort to have a baby. Both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and a former teacher who was fired after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments have filed motions to dismiss a lawsuit.

Emily Herx filed a federal gender discrimination case against the diocese in 2012 after her contract wasn't renewed. She argued that the diocese treated male teachers in similar situations differently, and that she was discriminated against because she tried to become pregnant through the procedure a third time.

The diocese claims it chose not to renew Herx's contract to teach at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Fort Wayne because the in vitro fertilization treatments violated church teachings, not because she tried to become pregnant. Diocese attorneys have said Roman Catholic Church teachings condemn the procedure as evil.

Herx was initially awarded $1.9 million in damages, but that was reduced. Last month, the diocese put $444,184 in a bank account for Herx following a court order, and the two sides filed a joint motion to dismiss Tuesday.

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