Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
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.]
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."
Happy birthday, Laura!!
Happy birthday, Laura!!
Hippo birdies, Laura!
It's interesting: this article [link] really focuses on abortion and sterilization, but seriously, what about the Pill?
In other randomness, do nuns who have taken a vow of poverty and live within the convent and teach at parochial schools get paid?
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.
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.
So, maybe not?
Catholic health institutions may not promote or condone contraceptive practices but should provide, for married couples and the medical staff who counsel them, instruction both about the Church’s teaching on responsible parenthood and in methods of natural family planning.