Opinion piece from the Cincy Enquirer on the "evils of contraception"

[theHandpuppet]

When I first began reading this opinion piece in the Cincinnati Enquirer, I thought I had stumbled across a work of satire inspired by The Onion. But no, this lady is for real, if you can call whatever universe she is inhabiting "real". When I finally managed to pick up my jaw from the floor, I noticed the author runs a Catholic non-profit in Dayton. I'll admit I didn't have the nerve to visit her website. Fortunately, many of the responses to this screed from bizarro world came from the saner quarters of the population.

Perhaps I shouldn't say this but were I ill, I would not want that woman within 20 yards of me. I'm not convinced that her religious extremism wouldn't interfere with her objectivity as a nurse.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091019/EDIT02/910190333/Unveiling+the+evils+of+contraception

Unveiling the evils of contraception

It is important to take a hard look at the research that is reported from Planned Parenthood's own research arm, The Guttmacher Institute. Any discerning eye can see that their recent results ("Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 a year," Oct. 14) always point to the need for more contraception availability and abortion.

Their president, Sharon Camp, states that the actual health and survival of women is damaged by highly restricted and unsafe abortion. She pushes the myth that birth control distribution and availability actually drives down the abortion rate. It is well documented by Camp's own employer that 56 percent of women who present for abortions do so from failed birth control. Abortion advocates who push contraceptives on unsuspecting women unquestionably know this.

As a registered nurse for 24 years, I have seen the physical, mental, psychological, and spiritual damage done to women from abortion and contraception. Clearly, the most healthy and effective means of assisting women in America and around the world is by teaching God's plan for abstinence when not married and Natural Family Planning within marriage. Thankfully, the Catholic Church has always stood firmly for the good of women and families.

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Women deserve the real truth - not the statistical results as seen through the rosy glasses of Planned Parenthood's Guttmacher Institute, which brings the abortion industry more business and women more heartache. Contraception must be exposed for the evil and ugliness that it is. It doesn't prevent abortion. It leads to it....

[niyad]

1. wow, that is some really powerful stuff she is smoking.

like you, I would not want that woman anywhere near me in ANY capacity,.

[bluestateguy]

2. I take it she will pay for raising all the children from all unplanned pregnancies?

And in her fantasy world, am I not allowed to have sex until I get married even if I don't marry until I am 35?

[zbdent]

3. I'm sure that there could be found a "research arm" of the Catholic Church which would

"find" that the little boys who were molested by the priests were actually seducing the older men ... and that the Vatican was approving the relocation of the priests and the coverup was all done to protect the little boys from public ridicule and shame ...

[JDPriestly]

4. I recommend that everyone watch The Magdalena Sisters,

a film about the convents in Ireland to which women were sent if they became pregnant out of wedlock. It documents just how "well" abstinence only worked in one of the most Catholic countries in the world. You have to see it to believe it. Oh, be sure that you have your checkbook handy before watch it. You will probably get an uncontrollable urge to send a hefty donation to Planned Parenthood after this film.

[theHandpuppet]

7. Sounds interesting but I'm almost afraid to watch

There's another angle to this story, too... just goes to show that some of these anti-choice organizations are not only intent on outlawing abortion, they don't even want women to have access to contraception. It's The Handmaid's Tale, all right.

[get the red out]

8. But it was wonderful, because they got to torture the women

Such a system is wonderful for the Catholic Church because they historically get off on torturing women and children from the inquisition to the massive system of child rape they have instituted in their priesthood.

This is what they have traditionally done for kicks, female misery for God.

[saltpoint]

5. The writer sounds like a moron.

She deserves our pity.

I guess.

[get the red out]

6. Some fool wrote this kind of piece here

In the Lexington Herald Leader during the election last fall. I made sure to call the paper and to post it on liberal web sites. Disgusting, these people who want to control the private lives of others but don't want other people to have health care.

I really despise these freaks, and they need to be constantly called freaks, morons, fools, monsters, idiots, fill in the blank insult. They are a threat to our country.