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I've put the rest under a cut because it's totally TMI, but most of you are probably curious, and some of you may find my observations useful. ( So I read Rydra's post and bought myself a menstrual cup; here are my experiences )
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I've put the rest under a cut because it's totally TMI, but most of you are probably curious, and some of you may find my observations useful. ( So I read Rydra's post and bought myself a menstrual cup; here are my experiences )
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Many of you will already have heard this news: "New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage" (Harvard's own press release on the study). Analysis and critique have already begun.
I find this situation completely unacceptable, even if we debate the exact numbers. I am pro-life, and allowing these deaths to continue is not a pro-life stance. I'm not alone in feeling this way; my mom was pleased to tell me, as I was pleased to hear, that the pastor of my old church preached this very topic a few weeks ago, and she didn't see visible disagreement from the other Catholics. I hope more will come around to this point of view. but I also want those who don't know a lot of pro-lifers to realize that many of us do feel this way. Extremists are trying to shear off pro-lifers from supporting healthcare reform through scare tactics. It's working on some, but not all!
I hope that pro-life and pro-choice can work together constructively on the issue, because people dying for lack of insurance is neither pro-life nor pro-choice. Don't let the crazies shout more thoughtful people down.
I find this situation completely unacceptable, even if we debate the exact numbers. I am pro-life, and allowing these deaths to continue is not a pro-life stance. I'm not alone in feeling this way; my mom was pleased to tell me, as I was pleased to hear, that the pastor of my old church preached this very topic a few weeks ago, and she didn't see visible disagreement from the other Catholics. I hope more will come around to this point of view. but I also want those who don't know a lot of pro-lifers to realize that many of us do feel this way. Extremists are trying to shear off pro-lifers from supporting healthcare reform through scare tactics. It's working on some, but not all!
I hope that pro-life and pro-choice can work together constructively on the issue, because people dying for lack of insurance is neither pro-life nor pro-choice. Don't let the crazies shout more thoughtful people down.
Many of you will already have heard this news: "New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage" (Harvard's own press release on the study). Analysis and critique have already begun.
I find this situation completely unacceptable, even if we debate the exact numbers. I am pro-life, and allowing these deaths to continue is not a pro-life stance. I'm not alone in feeling this way; my mom was pleased to tell me, as I was pleased to hear, that the pastor of my old church preached this very topic a few weeks ago, and she didn't see visible disagreement from the other Catholics. I hope more will come around to this point of view. but I also want those who don't know a lot of pro-lifers to realize that many of us do feel this way. Extremists are trying to shear off pro-lifers from supporting healthcare reform through scare tactics. It's working on some, but not all!
I hope that pro-life and pro-choice can work together constructively on the issue, because people dying for lack of insurance is neither pro-life nor pro-choice. Don't let the crazies shout more thoughtful people down.
I find this situation completely unacceptable, even if we debate the exact numbers. I am pro-life, and allowing these deaths to continue is not a pro-life stance. I'm not alone in feeling this way; my mom was pleased to tell me, as I was pleased to hear, that the pastor of my old church preached this very topic a few weeks ago, and she didn't see visible disagreement from the other Catholics. I hope more will come around to this point of view. but I also want those who don't know a lot of pro-lifers to realize that many of us do feel this way. Extremists are trying to shear off pro-lifers from supporting healthcare reform through scare tactics. It's working on some, but not all!
I hope that pro-life and pro-choice can work together constructively on the issue, because people dying for lack of insurance is neither pro-life nor pro-choice. Don't let the crazies shout more thoughtful people down.
I know this is the second time in about four weeks I've said "I try to avoid politics" on my blog only to touch on what might be considered political, but I've been pushed a little far. As I've mentioned before, I have ties to St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay society working to help the poor: I have family members with literally decades of service through SVDP, a relative who had a paid job with them for a number of years, and I myself have worked with my own parish's chapter sometimes, as well as donating financially on a regular basis.
The last straw in the health caredebacle debate is that I'm hearing members of SVDP and some other Catholic organizations are getting shelled because the SVDP US National supports health care reform (read statements here).
( Health care and lies )
The last straw in the health care
( Health care and lies )
I know this is the second time in about four weeks I've said "I try to avoid politics" on my blog only to touch on what might be considered political, but I've been pushed a little far. As I've mentioned before, I have ties to St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay society working to help the poor: I have family members with literally decades of service through SVDP, a relative who had a paid job with them for a number of years, and I myself have worked with my own parish's chapter sometimes, as well as donating financially on a regular basis.
The last straw in the health caredebacle debate is that I'm hearing members of SVDP and some other Catholic organizations are getting shelled because the SVDP US National supports health care reform (read statements here).
( Health care and lies )
The last straw in the health care
( Health care and lies )
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