Tip of the hat to Mirrors of Justice for this very interesting post over at the Catholic Thing.
See Conscience Protections and Medicine by Joseph Capizzi who is associate professor of moral theology at the Catholic University of America. Be not afraid click on it is not very long , it is not boring , and is very readable.
He says in part:
Conscience protections exist to allow people to heal the sick without having to kill the vulnerable. The vocal representatives of the entrenched pro-abortion, pro-contraception view propose legislation to overturn or amend “conscience protection” laws designed to permit Catholics (and others) to express in our wider society the commitments of their communities to the sanctity of life. Any attempts to advance conscience protections are presented as affronts to others’ potential freedoms, with little or no mention of the actual restrictions on the freedom of those interested in healing without killing. There is much discussion in our society about the content and limits of freedom. But freedom by any name should permit men or women of character to do what they know is right. In like manner, freedom is meaningless when a person is coerced to do what he knows is wrong.
It is a good read and also highlights what the evil George Bush (SARC) was trying to do in this department that would have been helpful
Should this not be a huge thing for us!!! It goes beyond Doctors and Nurses but into other Professions as well. As a Church that supports the tradition of conscientious objector and in fact a GOVT that allows it under certain circumstances in war why not!!!
If we can not be successful on the Federal Level what about pressing issues like this at the State Level? Should this not be a place where Catholics need to be in the forefront
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