It seems, in fact, that the Church was getting a shitload of free publicity *from the hospital* - "See? We don't *just* rape kids and hate women, we also have this hospital!"
I'm in New England, right? Catholic hospitals everywhere. Every woman I've spoken to on the matter has mentioned how they'd refuse to be taken to one for anything less severe than "you will bleed out before we can get you to a real hospital." We just don't trust the fuckers not to pull some unethical shit 'cause they think the layout of our reproductive tracts gives them the right to compromise their standard of care.
St. Joe's is a pretty good hospital from all I can tell. One of the hotel's I work for has guests staying there all the time with relatives there or who are visiting doctors or the like. This story is definitely one for TWK's "All Religions Are Stupid and Evil" side of the ledger though...
They may have very talented medical staff. It doesn't matter. I refuse to submit myself to the care of a facility that may suddenly decide not to provide medical assistance in keeping with an acceptable standard of care.
The article covers it: They're keeping the name, they're simply not Officially Catholic any more and the church has taken the Official Church-branded Crazyball(tm) and gone home with it.
It's very easy to find a generic Crazyball these days. The days of the big brand names monopoly are mostly behind us. I'm sure the hospital will manage.
Churches who think they can tell people to choose death over the contents of their uterus, are really dumb. Good on the hospital for not being idiotic.
When I was a Catholic schoolgirl, we were taught that the only permissable reason for abortion was to save the mother's life. Just when the hell did Catholic teaching change on that? (Mind you, it was a long time ago, and when that commielibrulmarxist pope John 23rd was in charge.)
I don't believe it has; I think the diocese just thinks that it wasn't necessary. Now, why they believe they know better than the doctor on the scene, I have no fucking clue.
I have heard since I began watching the antiabortion issue, that the more zealous church dioceses have made a stand that even to save the mothers life, if there is -any- chance the child could survive the doctors are supposed to save the child instead.
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:53 pm (UTC)Sometimes, some religious expressions are stupid and mostly harmless, and rarely you get one that's stupid and good despite being stupid.
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Date: 2010-12-22 09:34 pm (UTC)I wonder if they get to keep on being "St. Joe's" or whether they have to be just "Joe's Hospital" now.
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Date: 2010-12-22 09:40 pm (UTC)I don't think the Catholic Church has trademarked the saints yet.
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Date: 2010-12-22 08:39 pm (UTC)(Mind you, it was a long time ago, and when that commielibrulmarxist pope John 23rd was in charge.)
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