“No, it would be diseases and accidents that would kill people.”
I see, so is it guns — not people — that kill people then? (sarc)
Shutting down the hospitals completely would inevitably lead to the death of some people who would have otherwise survived. Meanwhile, people who want Plan B will simply go elsewhere.
Mind you, I agree that the Catholic hospitals should not be forced to give out Plan B. But shutting down completely would be moronic.
>> Shutting down the hospitals completely would inevitably lead to the death of some people who would have otherwise survived. Meanwhile, people who want Plan B will simply go elsewhere. <<
But the point is that the Catholic Church is not responsible. Literally, not responsible. You, and the state of Connecticut, are treating the Catholic hospitals as if they do what they do out of legal duty. They don’t; they do it out of moral compassion, which, so long as it doesn’t participate in evil, is a Christian work. If they must participate in evil, then all they are doing is diverting religious funds to support a socialist state by filling in where the state fails to meet the responsibilities it has claimed for itself.
Poor analogy, the criminal wielding a gun INTENDS to kill someone in the commission of a crime, the accident perpetrator (while perhaps acting carelessly) does not intend to cause injury to another. And the disease simply doesn't care.
Shutting down the hospitals completely would inevitably lead to the death of some people who would have otherwise survived. Meanwhile, people who want Plan B will simply go elsewhere.
Yes, and while the outcome of the Civil War was the abolition of slavery in the US, many people on both sides died. Was it worth it? Only history will judge that.
Your point about those wanting Plan B finding it elsewhere applies to most of the people needing hospital treatment during the Catholic hospital shutdown. Connecticut is not an isolated backwater, requiring many miles of travel to get to someplace else. Inconveniencing Connecticut citizens for about a month should be all it takes to see that Catholic hospitals need the freedom to reject Plan B, in order for life to get back to normal.
But shutting down completely would be moronic.
How many slices need to be taken in the "death by a thousand cuts" that moral people are enduring for their commitment to innocent life? The legislators in Connecticut seem to think they can have their cake and eat it too, somebody needs to say it ain't gonna be like that.