Comments for Sterilization at Catholic Hospitals at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Thu, 23 May 2013 03:44:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/sterilization-at-catholic-hospitals.html#comment-10389 Snappy, on target explanation for why most of the laity follow worldly ways: "The Church hasn't been teaching the teaching." Even the Church can inadvertently be subsumed by the world. Praying for re-focus and a re-set (which it seems we're already starting to see as a result of the unmistakably menacing mandates). - Lucy Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:27:30 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/sterilization-at-catholic-hospitals.html#comment-10128 We are far away from the days when faithful sisters ran Catholic hospitals, and that is a major part of the problem. Also, since most of the laity follow worldly ways, not Church teaching on these matters, that means that the staff of these hospitals are not on board with Church teaching. Therefore it is not surprising that they violate it. I was personally told by a Catholic woman that when she was on the table having her third child, the doctor at the Catholic (supposedly) hospital asked her if she wanted her tubes tied, since this was her third child. AND I know from a personal, unsuccessful search for a faithful Catholic gynecologist, that where I am, EVERY SINGLE GYNECOLOGIST AFFILIATED WITH THE CLOSEST 2 CATHOLIC HOSPITALS IS A BIRTH CONTROL PRESCRIBER. It's outrageous, and now we are paying the price. It's time to clean house or something. It would be better for us not to run hospitals than to violate Church teaching and scandalize those who are faithful (few though they may be!), not to mention that human beings lives are taken by hormonal contraceptives and related drugs. - Nonny Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:15:06 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/sterilization-at-catholic-hospitals.html#comment-10111 How interesting. I had no idea. My local Catholic hospital belonged to Catholic Healthcare West until 2002 (?) when they separated off into a smaller, new group, Daughters of Charity Health System. I distinctly remember being informed at a pre-natal visit several years ago that I could *not* have my tubes tied while in the hospital for delivery. I wasn't asking, mind you, they just felt the need to inform me... I assumed all Catholic hospitals were on board with this. - Margaret Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:56:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/sterilization-at-catholic-hospitals.html#comment-10073 Driving down the highway the other day I saw a huge sign for something called Dignity Health. This is the new name for Catholic Health Care West…which recently decided to ditch the Catholic label. Sad. With respect to: Across the country, the same stock phrase is employed “we follow the ERD” without any description of the procedures involved or an unequivocal statement that “we don’t do tubal ligations.”…..it seems like they have transferred this type of duplicity into their rather Orwellian new name. Thanks for this informative presentation - Matt Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:26:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/sterilization-at-catholic-hospitals.html#comment-10072 In the words of Capt. Renault to Rick in Casablanca: "I am shocked, shocked.." to learn that tubal ligations have been occurring in Catholic hospitals in the U.S. Thank you for a splendid article Dr. Hapenny: you have torn the facade from the evil which has existed for decades. Now, of course, the great question is how will it ever be repaired? - manfred Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:16:31 +0100