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Mass. cardinal: No abortions at Catholic hospitals
Associated Press ^ | Thursday June 11, 2009 | Steve Leblanc

Posted on 06/12/2009 10:39:57 AM PDT by presidio9

Caritas Christi Health Care, which operates six hospitals in Massachusetts, will neither perform abortions nor make referrals to other health care providers for patients seeking abortions, Cardinal Sean O'Malley said.

O'Malley issued the statement after Catholic and anti-abortion activists criticized the decision by Caritas Christi, which is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, to enter into a partnership with a secular health care company.

The joint venture with Celtic Group, Inc. would allow Caritas Christi to participate in the state's health care connector program, created under the landmark 2006 health care law to help residents sign up for lower-cost insurance plans.

Activists say the connector insurance plans offered by the joint venture, known as Celticare Health Plan, will make abortion referrals.

They point to a Celticare Web site they said provides links to family planning and reproductive service providers, including Planned Parenthood, which offer abortion services. They say that's a clear violation of Catholic principles, which prohibit abortion.

C. J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, called the web site listings "final and conclusive proof that Caritas Christi will be a participant in state subsidized abortions."

"The question of Caritas Christi's involvement in practices which violate fundamental Catholic moral teaching has now been answered repeatedly and definitively," Doyle said in a written statement.

O'Malley defended the hospitals saying "it has always been clear to me that Caritas Christi has been consistently faithful in its commitment to comply with Catholic moral teaching."

"Under no circumstances will Caritas either perform procedures prohibited by the Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services or refer any patient to other providers who perform or procure such procedures,"

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholic; moralabsolutes; presidiot9
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1 posted on 06/12/2009 10:39:57 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Good for them.


2 posted on 06/12/2009 10:42:08 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: presidio9

Well, I’ll be, Massacchusettes actually has someone in the church who doesn’t encourage abortion.


3 posted on 06/12/2009 10:46:44 AM PDT by Niuhuru
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To: presidio9

Either you’re Catholic, or you’re not. Its not a cafeteria.
No Reformed/Conservative/Orthodox choices.


4 posted on 06/12/2009 10:47:08 AM PDT by rahbert (The rule of law is the foundation of our freedom..)
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To: presidio9

It is a free market, they want their abortion let them pick a yellow pages and make some calls.

I love the free market by the way.

Good for the Catholic church.


5 posted on 06/12/2009 10:52:51 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: presidio9

First of all, I don’t think this article was very clear. And second, there was no mention of the State trying to coerce the Catholic hospitals, which I believe was previously an issue.

Any clarifications?


6 posted on 06/12/2009 11:01:36 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Try reading the article again first. Then be a little more specific about what you’re looking for when you get back to me.


7 posted on 06/12/2009 11:12:18 AM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
NEXT POLICEY: Any treatment for any disease that was discovered by the use of unethical embryonic stem cell destruction will not be performed in Catholic Hospitals.
8 posted on 06/12/2009 11:15:12 AM PDT by 11th Commandment (Proud Member of the DHS radical list since 2008)
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To: presidio9

I’m wondering how long it will take for some to contact ACLU for a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the hospitals. Because THIS will happen.


9 posted on 06/12/2009 11:23:06 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: presidio9
Hard to imagine that any one would expect a Catholic hospital to do such a procedure. But the left has torn down much of what used to be considered a norm. I so detest these people, lower than pond scum
10 posted on 06/12/2009 11:27:10 AM PDT by reefdiver (So how's that HOPE & CHANGE working out for ya ?)
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To: reefdiver
Hard to imagine that any one would expect a Catholic hospital to do such a procedure.

Not so hard, they wanted Miss California to attend a homosexual orgy disguised as entertainment. Homosexual agenda is all about either desensitizing, or crushing dissenting views.

The worn out statement that "I don't care what people do in their own bedrooms" is fallacious.

Their bedroom is a breeding place of for your school teachers, doctors, lawyers, pastors...and whomever may have access to your children.

Sadly the same notion is not applied to you medicine cabinet, of refrigerator.

NAMBLA's motto, "Sex be fore eight, or its too late," makes one wonder, if we are born that way, how can it be too late.

11 posted on 06/12/2009 11:49:22 AM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: rahbert
No Reformed/Conservative/Orthodox choices.

You don't mean Orthodox Christian, do you? (You must be referring to some subgroup of Roman Catholics, I hope, that I have never heard of?)

...because it is the Orthodox Christians who would make Roman Catholics look...well, look cosmopolitan in some ways.

I'm assuming it was an error on your part. Don't lump us Orthodox in with any liberal-values types. Big mistake, and offensive.

Sauron

12 posted on 06/12/2009 12:50:20 PM PDT by sauron ("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
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To: rahbert

I agree rahbert,
No maybe’s no but’s, to a good Catholic, abortion is murder regardless of what some gubmint goober says.


13 posted on 06/12/2009 12:51:59 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: sauron

sorry; didn’t mean to refer to Orthodox Christians but rather to the gradiations of Judaism.


14 posted on 06/12/2009 12:58:23 PM PDT by rahbert (The rule of law is the foundation of our freedom..)
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To: Joe Boucher
No maybe’s no but’s, to a good Catholic, abortion is murder regardless of what some gubmint goober says.

Correction: No maybe’s no but’s, to a good Catholic, direct abortion is murder regardless of what some gubmint goober says.

15 posted on 06/12/2009 1:26:58 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: presidio9
My only question (and I'm a pro-life Catholic) is what about Ectopic pregnancies? While technically, these are abortions, there's no chance of bringing the child to term and death is a very possible outcome for the mother if not treated early enough.

Would the church make an exception in this case?

16 posted on 06/12/2009 2:04:21 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey
Ectopic pregnancy
17 posted on 06/12/2009 2:07:12 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: Big_Monkey
Would the church make an exception in this case?

Here is the Church's position. The 'short' answer is yes, but with qualifications.

18 posted on 06/12/2009 2:11:54 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: A.A. Cunningham

You know what I meant A.A. Cunningham


19 posted on 06/12/2009 4:57:02 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: Big_Monkey

If you’re Catholic, I wonder if you’ve paid attention. The Catholic Church has always permitted abortions to save the life of the mother. This is not to be confused with the Catholic policy on pregnancies that result from rape or incest. The Catholic policy there is the logical one: a new human life is a new human life, and the value of that life superceeds all else.


20 posted on 06/12/2009 8:25:18 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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