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Saskboy
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posted 21 December 2006 07:40 PM

In a move that is blatantly divisive the small city of Humbolt has scared away doctors, and divided the residents after the hospital board decided birth control procedures [for women, I haven't heard if vasectomies are ended], are no longer to be performed.

The situation is complicated in that even though it's technically a Catholic run hospital, there is no other facility within an hour's drive, and it is funded nearly entirely by the general public.

I think it's unfortunate that Catholics are going to lose their hospital that was promised to them several decades before this, but times have changed and there's no longer public support for backwards thinking or hospital policy when it comes to birth control. As Jennifer of CBC Blue Sky put it, she'd be concerned for the well being of any homosexual couple who sought treatment at Humbolt hospital. Until the hospital board gets its head screwed on straight, and puts patients wishes above Catholic doctrine, I'd be concerned about doctors being distracted by archaic policies too.

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Scott Piatkowski
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posted 21 December 2006 07:55 PM

I bet they made the decision after they heard that Elizabeth May felt queezy about the practise, and argued that their was no frivolous right to choose a tubal ligation.

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Saskboy
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posted 21 December 2006 08:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Scott Piatkowski:
I bet they made the decision after they heard that Elizabeth May felt queezy about the practise, and argued that their was no frivolous right to choose a tubal ligation.

I'm so sure Scott. Why bring up unrelated events apparently attempting to provoke a disagreement, when this is a serious issue?

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remind
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posted 21 December 2006 08:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Scott Piatkowski:
I bet they made the decision after they heard that Elizabeth May felt queezy about the practise...

One a more serious note, these types of things are really going to blow back into the religious whack jobs faces!

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Scott Piatkowski
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posted 21 December 2006 11:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Saskboy:
I'm so sure Scott. Why bring up unrelated events apparently attempting to provoke a disagreement, when this is a serious issue?

1. The right to choose an abortion is also a serious issue.
2. These are not unrelated issues. Both have to do with the imposition of a religious conviction to prevent women from accessing medical services.
3. You had to know that the link was going to be identified as soon as you posted this. Or, are you really that obtuse?

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remind
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posted 22 December 2006 07:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Scott Piatkowski:
1. The right to choose an abortion is also a serious issue.
2. These are not unrelated issues. Both have to do with the imposition of a religious conviction to prevent women from accessing medical services.
3. You had to know that the link was going to be identified as soon as you posted this. Or, are you really that obtuse?

Absolutely correct Scottt, they are related and yes it is the imposition of indoctrinated religious beliefs.

They would have use being stoned next me thinks!

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Saskboy
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posted 22 December 2006 08:10 AM

Not obtuse Scott, just hopeful that Babblers would be able to move past, past conflict.

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Michelle
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posted 22 December 2006 08:19 AM

Scott, there are already all sorts of threads about Elizabeth May, and it really doesn't need to be dragged into any thread that one of your opponents posts to.

The subject of abortion and birth control ARE related, but dragging May into every thread that one of her supporters posts to is not.

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M. Spector
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posted 23 December 2006 12:17 PM

Humboldt, Sask. -- A doctor who is quitting her job at a Saskatchewan hospital over restrictions on a contraceptive procedure says human rights must prevail over religious beliefs.

Dr. Carrie Levick told a rally in Humboldt that it was tough for her and another doctor to resign this week over St. Elizabeth's Hospital's policy against elective tubal-ligation surgery.

She was applauded and cheered by about 300 people in the small community east of Saskatoon.

The hospital, which is owned by the Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corp., is run by Roman Catholic bishops and nuns, but receives millions of dollars in public funding.
- CP

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