tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post1197714120606138143..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: Republicans, Bishops, And The Assault On Womencolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-88614058117907220392012-02-22T15:30:26.887-07:002012-02-22T15:30:26.887-07:00Wouldn't you know it, I couldn't find the ...Wouldn't you know it, I couldn't find the commercials online.T'Pelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497973041430354008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-60604857065137363882012-02-21T18:48:39.713-07:002012-02-21T18:48:39.713-07:00We'd really have an impact on abortion if men ...We'd really have an impact on abortion if men had to undergo a catheterization while their significant other underwent vaginal ultrasound.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-70412838491124870122012-02-21T15:52:18.330-07:002012-02-21T15:52:18.330-07:00My initial thought is that, since we can't mak...My initial thought is that, since we can't make abortion illegal, let's make the process so horrific and onerous that nobody will have them. That constitutes 'freedom of choice', right? *ducks*Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200045196217644013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-8573166230186090372012-02-21T09:37:07.353-07:002012-02-21T09:37:07.353-07:00To be fair, her husband does come in as she is sta...To be fair, her husband does come in as she is standing at the mirror and puts his arms around her from behind. But this part is clearly only an afterthought. Ah. Maybe I should see if the commercial is online and post a link. For certain: She is contemplating pregnancy because babies are SO MUCH fun, and he plays at best a minor, supportive role.T'Pelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497973041430354008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-16472709423527367912012-02-21T08:15:39.254-07:002012-02-21T08:15:39.254-07:00Must be nice to be a sanctimonious member of the m...Must be nice to be a sanctimonious member of the male gender when it comes to fetal idolatry. You don't remotely have to pay the price for your sanctimonious stands.<br /><br />I cannot get my head around this law. Is this really what the party of limited government is all about? It's a limited government for all issues except women, and then it becomes totalitarian and abusive?colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-40268207653867665782012-02-21T08:12:40.385-07:002012-02-21T08:12:40.385-07:00In one respect the hospital TV ad is right on targ...In one respect the hospital TV ad is right on target with their advertisement. It's always and only about the woman. Why isn't there a husband in the mirror with her? Is she going to get pregnant and raise that child alone? This absence of a male presence sends quite the message. Maybe that's why the percentage of single mothers now exceeds married mothers. This type of thing only underscores the reason reproductive rights have to be portrayed as a woman's issue. Society doesn't seem to want to face the fact it takes two to tango.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-51980567073449129192012-02-21T07:57:11.848-07:002012-02-21T07:57:11.848-07:00A person can try and try to not see the political ...A person can try and try to not see the political platform as one made up of class-warfare - whether the classes be the genders or or the haves vs. the have-nots. But it becomes harder and harder not to see it that way. All I see are problems and no possibility of solutions. There are no adults capable of compromise and reason. Just a bunch of 2-year-old wearing clerical collars throwing temper tantrums and sheeple who will follow without question.<br /><br />The local ring of Catholic hospitals runs a TV ad for their OB unit. It shows a woman who is drawn toward the idea of having a baby. At one point she is looking at herself in a mirror. Clearly she is NOT pregnant but the image reflected back at her is rather far along in a pregnancy. The viewer is supposed to think she is contemplating, making a choice to become a mother. It is a rather saccharine commercial actually. But it also shows very clearly what the Catholic view of women really is: Just not fulfilled as women without that positive pregnancy test.<br /><br />And the whole 'back in my day the gals just held an aspirin between their knees'. Santorum et al is just using that to make his anti-women policies look more moderate than they really are.<br />VeronicaT'Pelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497973041430354008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-33710765326180506122012-02-20T23:10:13.471-07:002012-02-20T23:10:13.471-07:00Truly Aileen is one of the more well informed who ...Truly Aileen is one of the more well informed who comments on NPR. I have enjoyed her many comments. I would hope the courts would quickly overturn this rather unfortunate bill. It truly is anti-women and invades women's lives in a very offensive way. We hear all the blarney from the Bishops about their rights but the idea that a state can pass a law causing medical rape with a medical instrument of a women is one of the most anti women actions I have heard about. But when we have Catholic Bishops who terrify people by telling them that BC is a mortal sin and then will not speak out about such torture as this is more than embarrassing.rdp46https://www.blogger.com/profile/04427786268228285222noreply@blogger.com