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POPSReligion and Abortion This article makes a cogent argument that religion actually promotes abortions rather than diminishes them. Link to full article for more info.
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POPSReligious Dogma Invades Healthcare Cline makes a good point that professionals like doctors and pharmacists knowingly enter professions that could compromise their religious beliefs. What could be their justification for then using these religious beliefs to refuse services to certain individuals?
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POPSMore Religious Absurdity I continue to be amazed at the lunacy of religious practices. Most are benign, mere oddities. But this clip points to serious consequences to other people because of possible serious infections being passed on by health care professionals. Hygiene is many times overlooked in hospitals ostensibly because of lack of time needed to properly wash hands. That, however, is a completely different matter that relates to budget financing and staffing. This clip points to another much more easily taken care of lapse in patient care. The question that should be raised is how much accommodation should be given to religion especially if that accommodation puts patients in jeopardy?
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POPSGet Your Coathangers Ready Anyone who believes that this has nothing to do with banning abortion is a fool. The other troubling point is that it, as mentioned in the article, could also affect birth control. Welcome to 1950 folks. Once again religious ideology takes precedent over rational thought. Once again, emotional pleading trumps reasoned, rational discourse.
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POPSPrayer Won't Work I don't care for Snow's politics or for the administration that he is the mouthpiece for. But the fact remains that I am saddened by the news of his reoccurring cancer. Any compassionate person would be. I know it seems over the top to be critical of others attempts at consolation by offering to pray for someone but the fact remains that it simply is useless. Better would be for Bush to have actually listened to reputable scientists and allowed funding for stem cell research instead of bending over for his right wing masters. And this doesn't even address the problems with health care in the US.
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POPSPrayer and AIDS This article is not too clear what the church's position on AIDS is. The above quote is typical of a supernatural belief system though.
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