tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post114599496035909705..comments2023-04-14T06:55:12.586-04:00Comments on Georgetown College Dems Blog: Puritan Persecution Here at HomeGUCD_Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15079690058422947230noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-1149616489280154052006-06-06T13:54:00.000-04:002006-06-06T13:54:00.000-04:00I forgot to add this when it was posted:Not only d...I forgot to add this when it was posted:<BR/><BR/>Not only does Georgetown not provide information about abortion, but it also does not provide any type of reproductive care for women. The University hospital will not only not fill a prescription for birth control not intended for contraception (skin problems, endometriosis, etc.), but it also does not have any gynecological experts available at the hospital or included in their health care coverage.<BR/><BR/>Despite being sex organs, these are parts of the body that often need special care from specialists. Females who do not properly take care of their reproductive organs or do not receive proper care can suffer from problems, including infertility.<BR/><BR/>It is unfathomable and unfortunate that Georgetown feels it is in the best interest of Catholic morality to choose to neglect the health of their students.Liz Fossetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131301291249611238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-1146466435379426602006-05-01T02:53:00.000-04:002006-05-01T02:53:00.000-04:00While it is important to recognize Georgetown's st...While it is important to recognize Georgetown's status as a Jesuit institution commited to Catholic ideals, it is just as important to recognize the necessity of fighting on campus for what Democrats believe in. Yes, the University should and does reserve the right to withhold funding from groups such as H*yas for Choice, which the administration believes stands contrary to our standing as a Catholic institution. But while SAC funding is one thing, free speech is quite another. H4C (of which I am a proud member) is not asking University administrators to contradict Catholic positions on abortion by funding the organization; they are simply asking the University to officially recognize what most of us on campus already know: that H*yas for Choice are here, and we're not going anywhere.<BR/>I applaud Adam's call for a true debate on the issue. I have no problem with University declining to fund H4C. However, just because the University refuses to fund H4C doesn't mean that the Dems should stand down on the issue. We owe it to all Georgetown students to support a free and open debate about birth control and abortion on campus. We are the College DEMOCRATS-- while we stand for Georgetown, we must also stand for the national, PRO-CHOICE party. Let's rev up the debate! We cannot back down.Rach Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13199999059540548096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-1146032805366985892006-04-26T02:26:00.000-04:002006-04-26T02:26:00.000-04:00Not quite agreed. This is a Catholic school. That...Not quite agreed. This is a Catholic school. That is not an issue the Catholic Church will bend on any time soon. To ask the school to bend is to ask the school to go against its morals -- and I am much more uncomfortable with that than I am with the idea that H*yas for Choice cannot speak freely at a private university that they should have expected wouldn't let them speak freely about this issue before they arrived.<BR/><BR/>When people do things I morally object to (abusing gay people? murdering Jews/Arabs/blacks/Indians/whatever? kicking puppy dogs?), I work as much as I can against those actions as well -- I make my voice and strength known in any way I can, with whatever power I can wield. There's a moral <B>imperative</B> from their end that you're overlooking, and they <B>do</B> have the legal authority to carry out this moral imperative in the ways they have used so far.<BR/><BR/>I really don't see the problem with it.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176798271396380505noreply@blogger.com