Catholic Nuns Back Obamacare Contraception Access

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http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/patriciamiller/7687/

Patricia Miller
March 14, 2014 5:49pm

The National Coalition of American Nuns has announced their support for women’s right to access contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the historic Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood cases. While the plaintiffs in these cases are Mennonites and evangelical Christians, opposition to the contraceptive mandate was largely spearheaded by the Catholic bishops. Several key cases of Catholic non-profits, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, are making their way through the lower courts and may well end up in the Supreme Court themselves.

“NCAN is dismayed that the Little Sisters of the Poor, the University of Notre Dame and other Catholic organizations are challenging the Affordable Care Act. Spurred on by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops these organizations are attempting to hold hostage all women by refusing insurance to them for contraceptives,” said the 2,000-member group in a statement.

“This has gotten out of hand,” Sister Donna Quinn, head of NCAN, told RD. “It isn’t ‘faith and freedom’ when reproductive autonomy isn’t extended by the Catholic Church to women. Now we have other Christian religions seeing what the bishops are doing and saying we will do likewise. It isn’t freedom when a woman can be held hostage by the owner of a business.”

The nuns are seeking support for their stand through an online petition. The Rev. Debra Haffner of the Religious Institute is helping NCAN coordinate the effort. “When I saw the brave stand these nuns were taking on the mandate, I started to think about what we could do to amplify their voices. So we launched a social media campaign asking people to ‘Stand with the Nuns’,” she said.

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[Warpy]

1. Nuns know how women have to live

The Vatican is an old boys' club that considers anything to do with women ickydoodle.

The nuns are right, the pope is wrong, and that's all there is to it.

"Infallibility" my ass. Not when they're all talking through those funny hats on subjects they know nothing about.

[cbayer]

2. This is a pretty bold position for them to take and I am very glad to see them take it.

They are clearly on the correct side of this and may eventually bring change from within, albeit slowly.

[Warpy]

3. If the Vatican acts true to form

the charters for their orders will be withdrawn and the most uppity women threatened with excommunication for daring to question men who don't know what they're talking about.

[LeftishBrit]

4. Good for them! I hope that they don't experience reprisals/ excommunication for this.

[Frustratedlady]

5. With the crowded world, the last thing we need to ban is contraceptives.

If you can't feed them or house them, be responsible and don't bring them into the world.

For all other reasons to take contraceptives, shame on those who would stand in the way.

Why aren't they fighting against men's sex performance drugs like Viagra? How about banning vasectomies. Heck, they're the ones who get everything planted and on the way. You rarely hear that argument. I suppose the lawmakers are sitting there with legs tightly crossed when the conversation comes up. Pun intended.

I hope that when this next election is over, we don't have to listen to any more talk about reproduction, abortion, sex during divorce, still birth murders, etc. My brain can't absorb much more of this foolishness.

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6. To oppose contraception with one side of your mouth and abortion with the other is criminal.

These women recognize that.