Vatican Reiterates It’s Stand

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Nothing really new here. Still against women’s right to choose, still against stem cell research, still against contraception. The only new and noteworthy statement is, The document bans the morning-after pill, the IUD and RU 486, saying these can result in what amount to abortions.

Conscience vs Care

George W Bush started his presidential term by issuing “an executive order to stop federal funds to international health organizations that provide abortion services or counseling(sic).” Having opened on the world stage he is closing on the homefront by enacting the ‘Conscience Rule’ Under the rule, any worker involved in the delivery of health care–including [...]

On Cake-Having, Cake-Eating

The regina mom asks: What is it with the Conservatives in Ottawa? They can’t seem to leave women alone, have to keep at it, have to continue to attack women’s hard-won rights! Are they afraid of our power or something? First, they nailed Status of Women Canada which forced the doors of many women’s organizations [...]

Conscience

We at Birth Pangs have been wrestling with ‘conscience’. Not ours. Ours are fine, thank you. (Er, except for that evening a few weeks ago, when one of us had a tad too much to drink and took her father-in-law to task for the unequal distribution of wealth in Canada, and well, pretty much the [...]

Religion, Science, and the Law

We at Birth Pangs aren’t too keen on religion in general. But the Dalai Lama is pretty cool. He’s OK with homosexuality and even abortion in some circumstances. But we really like this, from wiki: He has also stated his belief that modern scientific findings take precedence over ancient religions. He is in Canada now [...]