The real outcome of all this was to encourage us to recognize the sexism in the RC Church, and to encourage the development of lapsed Catholics. Few of the females I graduated with are still active Catholics. And I graduated with a class of 520.

watch out or someone will accuse you of demonizing religion. because, apparently, pointing out that the RC church is sexist and calling denial of EC to a rape victim evidence of misogyny is ‘demonizing’ religion and religious people.

“Nyah-nyah, I’ll just make more babies than you” is hardly an intelligent argument for anything, nor is it even much of a threat.

Let, the state might require that the Catholic hospital immediately transport the rape victim to an accomodating facility, but that doens’t necessarily mean they’ll comply – and time is a factor, as is compassionate, efficient, discreet care – starting to shuttle an already pretty shaken up woman who might also require immediate care for serious physical injury from hospital to hospital isn’t good care. Look at the pharmacists who’ve refused to return prescriptions for BC, or have refused to hand them over or transfer them to someone who will fill them out. A minority of cases, to be sure, but when you’re the person it’s happening to, the statistics don’t mean much.

After a while, it’s a trust issue – can women reasonably trust that a Catholic hospital will be able to offer proper care for rape victims? The answer would seem to be no.

Actually, it’s not true that all Catholic hospitals refuse to carry/prescribe EC. I know of one extensive Catholic hospital network (multiple hospitals under one religious branch) in my area that offers EC.

I find it interesting that it’s a hospital network run by nuns, rather than brothers/priests.

heh. you should have this warning visible right above the comment box. there has been a rash of commenters who don’t seem to understand this.

This isn’t an unfettered free-speech zone. If you’re disruptive or a troll, you’ll be warned, and if you refuse to change your behavior, you’ll be banned.

Think of this as our living room. You’d fully expect to be kicked out of someone’s living room (or someone’s bar) if you abused others. So why not here?

PHLAF has been called on her statement and has not responded to it.

So don’t imagine you’ve been punished for a thoughtcrime. No, you’ve just been an unrepentant asswipe.

this site does entertain dissent. dissent does not include the right to generalize smugly about what ‘the left’ believes or does not believe. it also does not include the right to make half a dozen strawman arguments with impunity while ignoring actual arguments made.

As long as Lieberman doesn’t infect his stupidity via his vote to eliminate Plan B from all hospitals, I have no issues with his decision to not support it at a hospital that is religiously-inclined. While a rape victim may not have the presence of mind to request a hospital that will provide her with the emergency contraception that she needs, the state can require the hospital to arrange for transport to another hospital if they choose to waive the option of offering it.

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