Religious group attacks religion in U.S. healthcare

[deadparrot]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of religious leaders took on the Catholic Church, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Bush administration on Tuesday with a plea to take religion out of health care in the United States.

They said last week's Supreme Court decision outlawing a certain type of abortion demonstrated that religious belief was interfering with personal rights and the U.S. health care system in general.

The group, calling itself the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, said it planned to submit its proposals to other church groups and lobby Congress and state legislators.

"With the April 18 Supreme Court decision banning specific abortion procedures, concerns are being raised in religious communities about the ethics of denying these services," the group said in a statement.



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[Demit]

1. Not to mention the paternalism expressed by male SC justices. Take that out too!

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[sutz12]

3. K & R5.....

Glad to see some rational thought being put into religious discussion of medical matters.

[mopinko]

4. right on.

get the pope out of health care. my closest hospital is catholic. i refuse to go there.

[Megahurtz]

5. Good! n/t

[StarryNite]

6. Excellent