[Pflienews] OH bill HB 333 would throw out conscience rights; Brown joins other panel members defending Church teachings on abortion; Barrie's Abortion Care; more...

Thu Feb 25 13:42:54 MST 2010

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Ohio HB 333 Ignores Conscience Rights for health professionals and 
organizations like hospitals
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H.B. 333, which was introduced by State Rep. Dan Stewart (D, Columbus)  
in October, has been advancing in the Ohio House Health Committee. A 
hearing was held for proponents of the bill on February 24 and the bill 
is scheduled for proponent, opponent and interested party testimony on 
Wednesday, March 3.

The bill tramples on the conscience rights of Pharmacists and medical 
professionals and religious hospitals.

Under H.B. 333:
Hospital emergency rooms, including those at religiously-affiliated 
hospitals, are required to provide the morning-after pill (referred to 
as "emergency contraception") to victims of sexual assault.  Hospitals 
would be required to inform the women that abortifacient so-called 
'emergency contraception'  "does not cause an abortion" or "interrupt an 
established pregnancy." (Because abortifacient so-called "emergency 
contraception" in some cases may cause the death of an early human 
embryo by preventing implantation after creation has occurred, this 
information would be very misleading to any person who believes that 
life begins at creation.)

If a hospital violates these requirements, the Ohio Department of Health 
can impose a civil penalty of at least $10,000 with no limit on the 
maximum penalty. If there is a second violation, the State can seek an 
injunction to close the hospital.

ACTION: Please contact your Ohio State Representative and urge him or 
her to oppose H.B. 333, which would force hospital emergency rooms, 
including those at religiously-affiliated hospitals, to distribute the 
morning-after pill, which, in some cases, may cause an early abortion.

You can find the contact information for your State Representative by 
entering your ZIP code at www.house.state.oh.us 
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Background information:
HB 333 violates the conscience rights of pro-life pharmacists and other 
health care workers and religiously-affiliated hospitals by forcing them 
to distribute the abortifacient so-called "morning-after pill", which, 
in some cases, might cause the death of a living human embryo.

The State of Ohio should not coerce Pharmacists and other health care 
providers into violating their religious and moral objections against 
ending a human life.  The bill requires hospital emergency rooms to give 
women misleading information that the morning-after pill does not cause 
an abortion or interrupt an "established pregnancy".

This information would only be relevant in obtaining the informed 
consent of persons who had moral concerns about abortion, and those are 
precisely the persons who are most likely to be misled by it.  Although 
supporters of this bill claim to be "pro-choice", their bill would deny 
pro-life pharmacists and health care workers in the health care 
professions the "freedom to choose" not to participate in the 
destruction of human life.

This bill would require health care providers to violate the original 
Hippocratic Oath which stated: "I will neither give a deadly drug to 
anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. 
Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy."  If the State 
of Ohio decides that the desire for immediate access to the 
morning-after pill for rape victims requires health care providers and 
facilities to provide it despite their moral objections, it will set a 
precedent for using a similar argument to require health care providers 
and facilities to provide surgical abortions.

The abortifacient so-called "morning-after pill" is already widely 
available at many retail pharmacies (over-the-counter for adults, male 
or female and by prescription for minors under age 17), yet the 
proponents of this bill want to force even pro-life hospitals to 
dispense it.  Although proponents of the bill claim it is needed to 
improve access to health care, the bill allows the State to close a 
hospital for failing to distribute the morning-after pill. How would 
closing a hospital improve access to health care for anyone? Allowing 
adult males to buy the abortifacient pills like Plan B could help 
perpetuate incest and rape situations and their cover-up.
[adapted from Cincinnati RTL, 25 Feb 2010]
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Judie Brown Joins Fellow Pontifical Academy Members in Decrying 
Archbishop Fisichella Controversy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- American Life League 
President Judie Brown, a three-term member of the Pontifical Academy for 
Life, joined Venezuelan Christine Vollmer, chairwoman for Alliance for 
the Family and four other Academy members in questioning Archbishop Rino 
Fisichella's statement as head of the pontifical organization.

In March 2009 Archbishop Fisichella published an article that appeared 
to condone abortion in certain circumstances.

The four members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, now joined by 
Brown, insist that Archbishop Fisichella's article, and his recent 
statements to the Academy's General Assembly, adhering to the contents 
of that article, have caused widespread confusion about the Church's 
position on so-called therapeutic abortion.

"Archbishop Fisichella's statements and articles appearing to condone 
the killing of preborn babies in certain circumstances risk adding to 
the moral chaos of our confused society," Brown said.

"Archbishop Fisichella has, by his own writing, misrepresented the 
magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church on the grave question of 
abortion. By admonishing the Bishop of Recife, Brazil, and extending 
'compassion' to the Catholic doctors who aborted two preborn babies, the 
archbishop has perhaps unwittingly played directly into the hands of the 
anti-Catholic media, distorted the Catholic position and currently 
refuses to admit his error. We pray he sees this and corrects the false 
interpretation of Catholic teaching."

When consulted, Vollmer agreed:

"Archbishop Fisichella's introductory speech to the Pontifical Academy 
for Life General Assembly, claiming that the Doctrine of the Faith 
'Clarification' of July 11 agreed with his article is a continuation of 
his defense of 'therapeutic abortion' and the doctor's right to decide, 
which is of course unacceptable at a Papal Academy dedicated to the 
protection of all innocent human life. Many prominent abortion advocates 
have celebrated this confusion. As Academicians we want to clear up any 
confusion that this curial official has sown in the minds of the faithful."

Brown emphasized that since the archbishop's original remarks defending 
the purveyors of abortion, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the 
Faith has reiterated Catholic teaching that abortion is an intrinsically 
evil act and is never to be permitted. For more information see reports 
by the news agency, Chiesa: "Retractions: The Holy Office Teaches 
Archbishop Fisichella a Lesson."

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

* Chiesa: Retractions: The Holy Office Teaches Archbishop Fisichella a 
Lesson (10 July 2009) 
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* LifeSiteNews: Pro-Abortion Catholics Defend Vatican Archbishop from 
Pro-life Critics (22 February 2010) 
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* Washington Post: Companion Drug to Ru- 486 Could be Dangerous (17 June 
2008) 
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* American Life League: The Vatican Correct Archbishop Fisichella (13 
July 2010) 
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Christian Newswire 
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Dear Friends:

For many years, the abortion industry and its allies took pleasure in 
accusing their opponents of "hating" women. Yet, studies conducted 
during the last 53 years have provided overwhelming evidence that 
abortion increases the risks of breast cancer and subsequent premature 
births. Abortionists and their allies in science have so little concern 
for women that they have never bothered to do animal studies to 
demonstrate the safety of abortion. Abortion, in other words, is what 
quacks do. 

The burden of proof that abortion is indeed "safe" is on those who 
defend the safety of abortion (i.e. Planned Parenthood), not on those 
who challenge safety.

It's as clear as daylight that the abortion industry and its allies lied 
about their concern for women's health. They don't care if women die of 
breast cancer - in large numbers; and politicians who support abortion 
on demand appear to be willing to do Planned Parenthood's bidding at any 
cost, even if it means they have to climb over the bodies of thousands 
of women who will die of breast cancer because of their abortions. 

Now you have a chance to show that the abortion industry lied when its 
leaders claimed you don't care about women's health.

*We urge you to share two, powerful, new resources - palm cards 
<http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/store/cards/> and our latest 
YouTube video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmma0COO1E> - *that will 
help you and crisis pregnancy centers in spreading the word that 
abortion raises breast cancer risk. Please share these resources with 
your local crisis pregnancy center.

*First, crisis pregnancy centers can link to our new YouTube video 
available here.* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmma0COO1E 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmma0COO1E&feature=player_embedded>

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmma0COO1E&feature=player_embedded>

*The video reveals an admission from National Cancer Institute branch 
chief Louise Brinton that abortion raises breast cancer risk.* Brinton 
was an abortion-breast cancer link denier and served as the chief 
organizer of the National Cancer Institute's infamous workshop in 2003, 
which claimed the link's non-existence was "well-established." Her 
admission was made in a study published last year, Dolle et al. 2009, 
which primarily focused on the link between oral contraceptive use and 
triple-negative breast cancer, a vicious form of breast cancer 
associated with a high mortality rate.  

*Help us make the new video go viral* by publishing it on Twitter, 
FaceBook and your website. E-mail it to family and friends.

*Second, we have an additional, new resource called "palm cards 
<http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/store/cards/>." *

They are available here: *http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/store/cards/*

These are the size of postcards, and they educate on the breast cancer 
risks of abortion and oral contraceptives. They can be distributed at 
cancer walks, crisis pregnancy centers, churches and conferences at a 
low cost. You can order them by contacting us at *1-877-803-0102 (toll 
free)* or by placing an online order through our secure website. 

Sincerely,
Karen Malec
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer

The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer 
<http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/start> is an international women's 
organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women 
by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for 
breast cancer.

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