"Yes, Sister!"

As a former sister and a life-long advocate for justice & peace, I was thrilled, but not surprised, to read that the leadership of women religious has come out in favor of the health care reform. I have no respect for the bishops' conference which has so narrowed the definition of "pro-life" that they could come out AGAINST health care reform.
Bless all of the women religious who continue to fight for the needy and poor.
Bishops could learn a great deal from them.

Such courage! Abandon unborn children, throw them under the bus to push Obamacare through the Congress on Pelosi's "end justifies the means" legislative procedure. I hope that the millions who will die at the hands of Presidentially subsidized abortions -- and who will not be there to fill those schools (which the sisters long ago abandoned in the name of "relevant" ministries) will be grateful for the "courage" of enacting Obamacare.

Will you, Maureen be "truly proud of NETWORK" when the current 2700 page "healthcare" is rammed through to become law? Hold onto that pride and to the memory of Catholic Healthcare, for what will follow will be the steady destruction and ultimate marginalization of the Catholic role in the healthcare industry. It is truly amazing that many in the Catholic community are either unaware, or are purposely silent, to the stark realities that a bureaucratic, government run agency, will mean for Catholic healthcare. If you are aware of the current battles now going on in private or corporate care settings regarding personal values verses secular ones ( i.e. providing abortion options in the ER dept. ) just wait until these are fought in a government sponsored setting. This will be Planned Parenthoods dream come true, a Healthcare system divorced from the pesky catholic church and all of those medieval concepts concerning life and death. Since there is no real money to pay for this grand scheme, it will quickly rely on rationed care to cut costs. Rationed care makes for some very interesting ethical choiches. Maureen , be prepared for the introduction of euthanasia, for it is growing in popularity and acceptance, why should it not be offered at a Catholic institution that now gets tax dollars for all procedures? This is just for starters. At first Catholic healthcare workers will, be given roles they feel more “comfortable with” in the new system. but gradually they may by law, be excluded entirely. ( the right of a patient to have all options in a tax paid government universe). You can see where this leads right? Think public school system and Catholic values. This Sunday,s vote may be historic for more reasons than those on the surface but those calling for the passage of this very flawed legislation, will also collectively bear the responsibility for the collateral damage that will occur as a result, namely the dismantling of the Catholic health care system.