Rush Oak Park Hospital to keep Catholic abortion policy

[trotsky]

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130709/NEWS03/130709876/rush-oak-park-hospital-to-keep-catholic-abortion-policy

Rush University Medical Center has agreed to continue to enforce the Catholic policy against abortions at Rush Oak Park Hospital after it completes its purchase of the west suburban facility.

The anti-abortion stance contradicts the public stance taken on April 10 when the two health care networks confirmed the deal.

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It's not unusual for Catholic bishops to try to impose church guidelines as part of a sale to a non-Catholic hospital, said Megan Smith, domestic program associate at Catholics for Choice, a Washington-based abortion rights group.

“Whenever we see someone bending the knee to theological issues rather than best medical practices, it's very troubling,” she said. “You don't want the bishop looking over your shoulder, or your doctor's shoulder.”

So in a welcome bucking of the trend, a hospital appears to actually be escaping from restrictive, anti-woman rules of the RCC... only to still be subjected to them, despite not being affiliated with the RCC at all! Ridiculous. But hey, that new pope seems kinda nice, huh?

[Dawson Leery]

1. Devout religious people lie all the time to get their way.

"The anti-abortion stance contradicts the public stance taken on April 10 when the two health care networks confirmed the deal."

Romney is not the only one who "lies for the Lord".

[trotsky]

2. One has to wonder, why can't a church just tell its adherents not to do something...

and then leave the rest of us alone?

[Dawson Leery]

3. The theocrats have no respect for democracy.

The two philosophies are incompatible.
Democracy of course, is the Superior belief.

[rug]

4. You went from "Devout religious people" to "theocrats".

Do you see a difference?

[edhopper]

5. Yes

the ones who wield their power and subjugate anyone to their devout belief, whether they are followers of their own faith or not.
are the theocrats.

See the difference?

[rug]

6. Oh, I know the difference. I was asking Dawson.