Are you just saying that you would have a hard time explaining the position to a rape victim? Ok, I’ll give you that. Maybe a woman who has been raped can only see the child as an abomination. She may also feel that way after the child is born.
Good enough. Thank you.
I agree with you. I am pro-life all the way but defending the issue with rape victims is the hardest to do with others. We are looked at as monsters for saying that a poor girl who has been raped can’t have an abortion.
Yup. I’ve got the “what are you talking about?!” look before when I defend this as well.
A question, asked out of my own ignorance-Does the church allow contraception in that case?
Actually, the requirement is from the Catholic Church. Secular hospitals offer the emergency contraception with only a pregnancy test. There is no secular requirement for the ovulation test, though a patient can ask for one. Some secular hospitals don’t carry the ovulation test. Catholic hospitals should have it in stock though…
They allow emergency contraception in the case of rape, but only if the victim tests negative to a pregnancy test, and only if the ovulation test indicates ovulation is not or has not taken place. That’s so that ovulation is inhibited and conception doesn’t take place in the first place. This does not in any way suggest that the Church allows contraception in the case of married couples.
Yes, it does allow for the morning after pill in this case.
I completely agree with you. In fact, I think someone is more likely to make the right choice when faced with the situation in your latter paragraph, than when faced with the former.
The US Bishops are within their authority to issue such a statement. That’s why they’re here afterall. And I can understand some people being opposed to this allowance, but I for one am grateful for it.
My comment stands. When people say “the church” they mean Rome. Rome has not given it widespread approval. Hopefully when the discussions over the actual abortafacient properties etc are finalized the Church will give a firm statement.
That’s okay, I understand that perspective, and you have the right to follow whatever your conscience dictates of course. For me, what the Bishops have given as a guidelines is a very moral choice. But you have to live with you, and I have to live with me. But I do understand what you’re saying.
In what field are the guidelines not followed? By ‘in the field’, you mean in Catholic institutions or secular? Because in secular institutions, no, the guidelines are not followed. They wouldn’t be followed because they are only Catholic guidelines. The patient would have to request the additional tests. Maybe if the nurse called on specifically for sexual assault is knowledgeable about Catholic guidelines, they would explain them to the patient. But that’s not likely to happen in a secular hospital. In Catholic institutions, I don’t know. Some wouldn’t give the plan B at all and therefore wouldn’t have the ovulation test. Some would follow the guidlines. Others would have staff that would do whatever the patient directed and requiested. I personally wouldn’t go to a Catholic institution if I were raped anyway. Then again, I don’t have to because all of the hospitals surrounding me are secular. All of them have plan B for rape victims upon request.
While what you quoted dosnt really show mercy it dosnt make it any less true.:bigyikes::bigyikes:
I know you are very pro-life, and thanks for saying this. You have no idea how much of a comfort it is to see posts like this from devout Catholics. More pro-choicers should see this so they dont think pro-lifers are all misogynists.
The Death Penalty and being Pro-life are apples and oranges.