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Hekate

(90,189 posts)
49. George W. Bush gave aid and comfort to evangelicals in so many ways. One was "conscience"...
Wed May 15, 2019, 04:01 PM
May 2019

...exemptions for medical care for women. If it offends the "conscience" of a pharmacist to dispense birth control pills, he doesn't have to. If it offends the conscience of a pharmacist to fill a Plan B prescription, he doesn't have to. All up the chain -- from the doctors who prescribe (they don't have to), to the pharmacists who dispense (likewise). Hospitals do not have to perform abortions, nor do they have to refer.

And by the way, as community hospitals around the country closed and consolidated during the Bush years, guess who was left continuing their traditional mission of mercy? Yes, the Catholics. I would have absolutely no problem with that if there were alternatives in the community, but have you checked lately?

I was outraged by the BushCheney administration in so many ways, and the policies regarding contraception and abortion laid groundwork for what's happening now.

"Conscience" my rosy Irish ass.

ETA: look up the Global Gag Order if you really want to choke on your morning coffee


Women's rights are human rights... Wounded Bear May 2019 #1
The writer should send that fucking Doctor a bill for child support genxlib May 2019 #2
It's almost unbelievable. LuvNewcastle May 2019 #22
It is almost unbelievable maxsolomon May 2019 #38
I find it entirely believable. I've read other stories of the same thing BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #40
Well, the doctor in this story said NO to her request maxsolomon May 2019 #43
You should read this thread! BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #45
I did. Refusal is the exception, not the rule. maxsolomon May 2019 #47
Ok. Well, you're talking about the specific situation, I'm generalizing outward. BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #48
The most direct method for men to control women is to take away... Raster May 2019 #3
And a lot of women support men who do such. Kaleva May 2019 #10
Excellent Ohiogal May 2019 #4
They didn't blink when my mom asked for that after baby 4. maxsolomon May 2019 #5
Whenever someone w/ the power to say "no" is allowed to, that's "a policy." Absent LAWS to protect Hekate May 2019 #33
Hekate, what hospitals/OBGYN practices have that "policy"? maxsolomon May 2019 #46
George W. Bush gave aid and comfort to evangelicals in so many ways. One was "conscience"... Hekate May 2019 #49
A very similar story SamIam715 May 2019 #6
It's mostly male doctors who act like this... cynatnite May 2019 #7
I wish I could rec this more than once. Women's rights are being eroded day by day. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #8
Too many men want forced pregnancies and no child support. Love the fetus & hate the child, again.nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #9
ALL OF THIS x 1000 Soph0571 May 2019 #11
I was 25 and went to Planned Parenthood and had one for $99. BigmanPigman May 2019 #12
Hear, hear! smirkymonkey May 2019 #13
Discuss these things with your doctor when choosing a doctor. ohhellyes May 2019 #14
back in the 70s heard about a doctor who when asked to tie tubes of a woman demigoddess May 2019 #15
My story comes from the early seventies. murielm99 May 2019 #16
Whoa Lithos May 2019 #17
I once tied the tubes of a 21 y/o woman. volstork May 2019 #18
2 of my friends did this. Duppers May 2019 #24
My story is similar... llmart May 2019 #19
2 ways to punish GOP - starting with 3 universities in GA that helped do this and can be protested certainot May 2019 #20
Ironic (isn't it?) that Rush Limbaugh has been married four times Totally Tunsie May 2019 #34
yeah, the guy most influential in the country on all such matters has no clue certainot May 2019 #35
It Sure As Fuck Does! 2naSalit May 2019 #21
1982 male doctor saved my sanity. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #23
Any health professional who is not comfortable doing a legal procedure should refer that patient milestogo May 2019 #25
K&R Solly Mack May 2019 #26
Your doctor had the kind of self-righteous bullshit you see in Latin America all the time sandensea May 2019 #27
It wasn't the OP's doctor maxsolomon May 2019 #44
My own son, who I raised to know better mountain grammy May 2019 #28
Fabulous Rebuttal! (n/t) corbettkroehler May 2019 #31
Barefoot And Pregnant Is Their Ideal corbettkroehler May 2019 #29
"I can't understand why so many men are fearful of women's reproductive freedom." WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #30
You're Right But I Don't Understand That Form Of Control corbettkroehler May 2019 #32
As a man, let me be blunt. MicaelS May 2019 #41
Thank You - That Helped corbettkroehler May 2019 #42
Hit them where it hurts! JAD May 2019 #36
At 25 y/o in 1977 I had my tubes tied after my 2nd son was delivered SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #37
Niece had tubes tied at 28. 1980s. No kids. Married, then divorced. On BC since 16. Smoked. CousinIT May 2019 #39
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