<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> ACLU wants the Federal Government to Force Catholic Hospitals to provide Abortions<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/aclu-wants-the-federal-government-to-force-catholic-hospitals-to-provide-abortions/> *Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| December 27, 2010 at 7:00 AM | Tags: abortions <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=abortions>, ACLU<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=aclu>, Catholic hospitals<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=catholic-hospitals>, Dr. Donald Berwick<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=dr-donald-berwick>, Obamacare <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=obamacare>, separation of church and state<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=separation-of-church-and-state>| Categories: Uncategorized<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?category_name=uncategorized>| URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-3Tv
I thought Obama said his health care bill wouldn't fund abortions and agreed to sign a executive order<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/obama-signs-health-care-bill-into-law-skips-signing-the-executive-order-on-abortions/> to get pro-life Democrats to vote for his ObamaCare bill. If this is true, how can the ACLU demand that the federal government force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions? The Seattle Times<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013744178_catholic23.html?syndication=rss> reports: *The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday asked federal health officials to ensure that Catholic hospitals provide emergency reproductive care to pregnant women, saying the refusal by religiously affiliated hospitals to provide abortion and other services is an increasing problem.* In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the ACLU cited the case of *St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, which was stripped of its Catholic status Tuesday because doctors performed an abortion on a woman with a life-threatening complication*. "We continue to applaud St. Joseph's for doing what is right by standing up for women's health and complying with federal law," *five ACLU attorneys wrote in a letter to Donald Berwick, the CMS administrator*, and his deputy. "But this confrontation never should have happened in the first place, because no hospital — religious or otherwise — should be prohibited from saving women's lives and from following federal law." Isn't this the same group that constantly rants about 'separation of Church and State? The letter was a follow-up to a complaint the ACLU sent in July asking for investigation of similar issues at Catholic hospitals across the country, including refusals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims or perform abortions on women having miscarriages. Now had this been a Muslim hospital that used their religious beliefs to make decisions, the ACLU wouldn't say a word. "The dioceses cannot be permitted to dictate who lives and who dies in Catholic-owned hospitals," the letter states. The ACLU just wants to make sure that taxpayers pay for killing unwanted babies, or as Obama calls them "punishment." Continue reading>>><http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013744178_catholic23.html?syndication=rss> Add a comment to this post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/aclu-wants-the-federal-government-to-force-catholic-hospitals-to-provide-abortions/#respond> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/14973/> [image: WordPress] WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com>| Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com&b=ujy3ixKN%2Fesi1qS47yEh1VdylX83%5D%3D_hS%5Dcxxrc.r>| Reach out to your own subscribers with WordPress.com.<http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:* http://subscribe.wordpress.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
