It's not contraception, it's not about religion, it's women's health

[s-cubed]

I just called my two senators and representative - all male, to share the following facts:

My mother, a catholic, had 12 children. She was also, at times, on the pill for severe menstrual bleeding.

My older sister and I, and maybe others, were on the pill for a numberr of years to ease menopause symptoms and to help prevent osteoporosis.

One of my sisters had 3 ceasarean sections. She was told another pregnancy could kill her, due to massive scarring.

One niece's husband suffers from a serious genetic disorder. The pill prevents an abortion.

My daughter-in-law wants to space her children, for her health and her children's health.

Another niece has polycystic disorder, a hormonal problem.

I'm sure there are other reasons for taking the pill. These are just the ones I personally know of from my own family. I'm sure there are plenty of other medical reasons for taking the pill.

So, if you hear someone spouting off about this being a religious issue, they are flat out wrong. What about women employed by a church who have one of these medical conditions? These bishops are more interested in their control over women than the health of their members.

[Aerows]

1. I'm convinced they just hate women

You have a bunch of old men who never get married, and they have to pretty much not like women. They are the last bunch of people who should be consulted as a moral authority in my opinion, considering how they covered for pedophiles, and enabled them to keep raping children by moving them around.

[libinnyandia]

2. In some ways I feel sorry for the bishops.

If 90+ % of catholics use abc, which is a mortal sin, then 90+% of catholics stand a very good chance of going to hell. That reflects poorly on the bishops' leadership. They will have a lot to answer for when they go before their Judge )

[Warpy]

3. They've lost the moral high ground

and they never should have said a single word about sex or reproduction, things they theoretically know nothing about. However, they've got the burden of infallibility to live up to so don't expect them to change their tune for another 400 years or so, about the time it took them to forgive Galileo for being right.

But yes, being denied the daily use of women, they naturally despise women. Most Catholic women know this, at least on a visceral level, and protect their health with birth control.