Cardinal Dolan Slams Giving Morning After Pills to 14-Year-Olds

Life News ^ | September 25, 2012 | Steven Ertelt

[NYer]

Cardinal Dolan, the head of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese of New York, is slamming a program that will give morning after pills to girls in NYC schools as young as 14-years-old.

The New York City Department of Education is furnishing morning-after pills and other birth control drugs to students at 13 city high schools and without parental permission. School nurses supplied with the drugs, which can cause a very early abortion, are dispensing “Plan B” and other oral or injectable birth control to girls as young as 14 without telling their parents — unless the parents opt out of the program after receiving a school letter informing them of the new policy.

In a blog post titled, “Tragic and Misguided,” Dolan pans the idea.

The public schools of the City of New York have announced that they are providing so-called “emergency contraception” and long-term contraceptive injections to high school students as young as 14 years old. This policy of dispensing of powerful medicines to young women — without their parents’ knowledge and consent — is tragic and misguided.

Parents have the right and the responsibility to be the first and primary educators of their children. This plan usurps that role, and allows the public school system to substitute its beliefs and values for those of the parents. It also places minors at risk, because no school system can be expected to know all the pertinent health information about their son or daughter, and be able to properly judge what is in their best interests. Requiring parents to “opt-out” of the program is hardly adequate, either. In New York State in recent weeks, laudable legislation has been passed and signed into law requiring explicit consent from parents if a child wants to get a piercing or a tattoo. We now also have a law on the books banning minors from using tanning salons even if the parents consent, out of concern for possible long term health risks. And, for every other medical procedure, explicit, informed consent is required. But not when these powerful drugs – with their potentially serious side effects – are involved. Then we let these young teens do what they want, without a word to their parents.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” I’m talking pickets, massive crowds, and letting them know we are sick of it. We should even pick a major network, and give it hell until it’s on it’s knees.”

I have been advocating the same thing for some time now.

[DoughtyOne]

Okay great.

[kearnyirish2]

“The Catholic Church wants Christian Socialism.”

Contributions are down in this economy; there is no upside for the Catholic Church (liberal or conservative) if The Sultan wins re-election. In fact, it would only serve to bolster the enemies of the Church to publicly oppose/oppress it without consequence...

[antceecee]

I believe the Dems would give girls as young as 9 yrs old morning after and/or birth control pills... not because the girls need it, but to indoctrinate them into their world view. Sex is okay, just take a pill. Never mind what these pills will do to the future ability for these young girls to conceive a child once they truly want to build a family. It’s all about destroying the family, and I do believe it is about destroying our future generations that will never be born. Who do they really wish to populate this planet? Just take a look at which people, which religion they heartily defend.... Islam. Highly doubt they are shoving morning after pills down a Muslim child’s throat.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

But, dispensing these pills will encourage MORE sexual activity so it’s all the same argument.

[crosslink]

Please send this link to all of your friends: Very well done.

http://youtu.be/D9vQt6IXXaM

[Campion]

Are you being obtuse or do you really not know the basics of Catholic moral theology about sex?

The Catechism, section 2353, reads:

Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of persons and of human sexuality which is naturally ordered to the good of spouses and the generation and education of children. Moreover, it is a grave scandal when there is corruption of the young.

In section 2348 we read, "All the baptized are called to chastity" and in the following section we read, "Married people are called to live conjugal chastity, others practice chastity in continence.". ("Continence" means "no sex," for those of you in Rio Linda.)

In section 2390, we read "The sexual act must take place exclusively within marriage. Outside of marriage it always constitutes a grave sin and excludes one from sacramental communion."

I trust that's clear enough.

[count-your-change]

Not my fault if you weren’t paying attention. Maybe Dolan should slam 14 year olds (male and female) having sex in the first place.

Or is it just the “morning after” pill that is the problem?

[Campion]

Cardinal Dolan defends and believes the teaching of the Church, which I’ve now presented. If you had a question, it’s been answered.

[count-your-change]

Thank you for informing me that I have had my questions answered, that’s a great relief.