Happy birthday, Laura!
On the contraception front, do doctors at Catholic hospitals prescribe birth control? I realize I could probably google this.
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2012 2:54:06 am PST #23223 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Feb 22, 2012 3:46:45 am PST #23224 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On the contraception front, do doctors at Catholic hospitals prescribe birth control? I realize I could probably google this.
Google says yes, most do: [link]
[edit: Oh wait, that article answers a slightly different question, which is do Catholic institutions already cover bc in their insurance plans. I'm guessing the answer is the same, though.]
Jessica - Feb 22, 2012 3:50:40 am PST #23225 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Here we go:
According to the national survey of 1,536 U.S. physicians, 93 percent of all doctors -- and 87.5 percent of 327 self-described Catholic physicians -- said they would "prescribe birth control to any adult patients that request them and for whom they are medically appropriate."
ChiKat - Feb 22, 2012 4:09:03 am PST #23226 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Happy birthday, Laura!!
smonster - Feb 22, 2012 4:27:58 am PST #23227 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Happy birthday, Laura!!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 22, 2012 4:30:32 am PST #23228 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hippo birdies, Laura!
Jesse - Feb 22, 2012 4:34:10 am PST #23229 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's interesting: this article [link] really focuses on abortion and sterilization, but seriously, what about the Pill?
Kat - Feb 22, 2012 4:34:36 am PST #23230 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In other randomness, do nuns who have taken a vow of poverty and live within the convent and teach at parochial schools get paid?
msbelle - Feb 22, 2012 4:36:26 am PST #23231 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Laura shares a birthday with the beautiful and talented Dr. J. Two beautiful and talented birthday havers. Happy Day.
I just laugh at the stuff people choose to give to an admin to do sometimes. Today it is a page torn from a magazine with a website circled. Can I go to the website and download a pdf and then email it to this guy? Well sure, but that could have been done on your own computer in the time it took you to write the note. SRSLY. people.
No pregnant men in my dream lask night, nor ziploc opening wombs nor externally attaching fetuses. Yay for non-disturbing dream night.
JZ - Feb 22, 2012 4:37:34 am PST #23232 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Someone on my facebook just posted about how contraception is evil because her fertility is not a disease and perhaps people need to exercise self control and not pop a pill blah blah blah.
Kat, if you need back-up, I'd be happy to go over there and unload the story of my mom and her ... interesting experiences with disabling menstrual pain, natural family planning and almost dying with baby #3.
And re the nuns, they get paid now. They had to fight like hell for it, IIRC sometime in the decade after Vatican II, and I think they still get paid not much compared to union-repped teachers, but they used to get paid something like $30 a month.