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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (2662)	10/25/2000 10:35:07 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

So based on the statements of a few women the rest of the women are not to be afforded informed consent. I think that's bullshit. It's paternalism, pure and simple. How convenient for dealing with the problems that women face - just pretend that you know better than they do what they WOULD or SHOULD choose if given a choice. If I substituted my judgment for that of another adult human being the ghosts of the women who died from thrombosis and the children who die from birth defects would haunt me.

To: E who wrote (2662)	10/25/2000 10:44:16 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 28931

Here's one that I forgot: The Philippine Church's standard response to women wo complain that their husbands will not cooperate with natural family planning methods is "the Church does not condone or accept this behaviour, and men should never behave that way". I'm sure this offers immense consolation to the women. It is also interesting to note that the formal Church position with respect to the Government is that since the majority of Filipinos are Catholics, the Church speaks for the majority and should be given control over Government policy. They get quite piqued if anyone points out that the hierarchy is unelected, and that in every survey ever taken, Catholic Filipinos support the Government family planning program by a huge margin. I'm sure they miss the days when the Friars were the law.