Analysis: 'emergency contraception' and the betrayal of Catholic principles in Boston
<http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=60261>http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=60261 Boston, Dec. 16, 2008 (CWNews.com) - A young woman calls a hospital emergency room, to ask if the staff will dispense an abortifacient pill to a rape victim. The response: "No, we don't do that, you know we're a Catholic hospital." That, according to <http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/16/in_survey_caritas_hospitals_gave_illegal_answer/>the <http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/16/in_survey_caritas_hospitals_gave_illegal_answer/>Boston Globe, was "an illegal answer." The Globe explains that under Massachusetts law, all hospitals are required to provide the "morning-after" pill on request to women who report that they have been raped. To test compliance with the law, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts had someone call 70 emergency rooms around the state, to ask if the pill was available. It was, in 68 cases. But two hospitals-- both affiliates of the Caritas Christi Health Care chain which is operated by the Boston archdiocese-- said they would not furnish the pill. So the Globe story carried the headline: "In survey, Caritas hospitals gave illegal answer." Actually only two of the Caritas hospitals provided that answer. The Globe does not disclose how many Caritas institutions were included in the survey. Caritas Christi responded to the story with a statement affirming that all of its affiliates should comply with the Massachusetts law. This Globe story exposes layer upon layer of the corruption that infects what was once a solidly Catholic community in Boston. Consider: * Massachusetts law does indeed require hospitals to dispense the "morning-after" pill to rape victims. The law passed through the legislature without serious opposition, despite the fact that a majority of lawmakers identify themselves as Catholics. * The Caritas Christi hospitals are complying with the law, despite the fact that the "morning-after" pill causes abortions. Last week's new Vatican instruction on bioethics confirmed that the use of this pill is "gravely immoral." * When two Catholic-hospital employees said that they could not fulfill an immoral request, they quickly became the targets of a pro-abortion publicity campaign, abetted by the region's most powerful media outlet. * Worse, their employers at a Catholic health-care institution, rather than applauding the employees for showing sound moral judgment, conceded that their answers had violated corporate policy. Emergency-room personnel who followed Catholic ethical principles were put on notice that their Church-owned employer would not support them. * The "survey" that formed the basis for the Globe story was done by NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts: a group with an obvious vested interest in the issue. Yet the Globe accepted and promulgated the results of that unscientific survey without question or critical comment. * The NARAL researcher "posed as a rape-crisis counselor" when calling emergency rooms, the Globe discloses. In other words the researcher deliberately misled the survey subjects. Both NARAL and the Globe skip over the ethical questions raised by such a "research" project. <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/please%20donate.html>Donations are needed and very much appreciated <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/please%20donate.html>Donations are needed and very much appreciated <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
