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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 08:24 PM Mar 2012

About the War on Women being conducted by the Republicans and Theocrats

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Catholic-War-on-Women-by-Gregory-Paul-120225-425.html

"The mechanism for keeping women in their place is simply to own or control as many medical establishments as possible. Over the decades the church has expanded from operating charitable medical facilities to running an enormous medical complex in the US and elsewhere. About 600 American hospitals are tied to the church. In some locations up to and over a third of the total medical system is Catholic, and the system is growing as hospitals and clinics consolidate in response to financial pressures."

Letter from Bishop Murphy:
http://www.stjohnthebaptistchurch.org/docs/120212-letter.pdf

The response:
http://www.theislandnow.com/opinions/article_6f7cf004-63ba-11e1-82af-0019bb2963f4.html

The time to levy taxes on the church has arrived.
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About the War on Women being conducted by the Republicans and Theocrats (Original Post) Dawson Leery Mar 2012 OP
Is the move to deny contraception by these religious medical facilities due to the fact that shcrane71 Mar 2012 #1

shcrane71

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1. Is the move to deny contraception by these religious medical facilities due to the fact that
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 09:53 PM
Mar 2012

pregnancy and births are huge money makers? Most new women's hospitals and birthing rooms are fancier than a five-star hotel.

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