in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Monday, September 14, 2020

What's up with paying these johnny-come-lately-s the same as us??? (9/20/2020)

  • Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (9/14/2020)

  • A Catholic healthcare worker objected to contraception. Her Catholic clinic fired her. (CNA. 9/10/2020)

"‘I definitely didn't think that there was necessarily a need to hold Catholic institutions accountable for being pro-life and Catholic, but I'm hoping to spread awareness,’ Megan Kreft, a physician assistant, told CNA. 
"‘Not only is the fact that the sanctity of human life being undermined in our Catholic healthcare systems unfortunate— the fact that it's being promoted and tolerated is unacceptable and frankly scandalous’...
"Kreft wanted to be open to whatever God was calling her to, and she came across a physician assistant position with Providence Medical Group, her local Catholic hospital in Sherwood, Oregon. The clinic is part of the larger Providence-St. Joseph Health system, a Catholic system with clinics across the country.... 
"As part of the employment process, she was asked to sign a document agreeing to conform to the institution's Catholic identity and mission, and to the US bishops’ Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which provide authoritative Catholic guidance on bioethical problems....
"Within the first few weeks of work, Kreft said she had a physician recommend that she refer a patient for an abortion. She also found out that the clinic encouraged providers to prescribe hormonal contraception…
“Kreft said she spent many hours on the phone with Dr. Joe Zalot, a staff ethicist at the NCBC [National Catholic Bioethics Center], strategizing on how to approach the ethical dilemmas she was facing….
"‘We see Catholic healthcare systems doing things they shouldn't do, and some are worse than others,’ he [Zalot] commented….
“‘f you're a system that doesn't value the [ERDs], and you see them as red tape and aren't going to put in the effort to see that they're integrated or that staff and providers understand them— it's almost better not to [sign them]. Let's be consistent here; I was receiving very mixed messages," Kreft said….
“One of the last patients Kreft saw was a young woman whom she had seen previously for an issue unrelated to family planning or women's health. But at the end of the visit, she asked Kreft for emergency contraception [Despite strenuous objections that emergency so-called contraception can be abortifacient, the National Catholic Bioethics Center naively thinks they are OK in certain situations.]….
“Kreft tried to listen compassionately, but told the patient that she could not prescribe or refer for emergency contraception, citing Providence's own policies on the matter.
“However, when Kreft stepped out of the room, she realized that another healthcare provider had stepped in and was prescribing the patient emergency contraception.
“A few weeks later, the regional medical director called Kreft in for a meeting and told Kreft that her actions had traumatized the patient, and that Kreft had ‘done the patient harm’ and thus had broken the Hippocratic Oath….
“Later on, Kreft approached the clinic and asked if they would allow her to take a course in Natural Family Planning for her continuing education requirement, and they refused because it was ‘not relevant’ to her job…. 
"‘I expected [opposition] in a secular hospital, where my training was, but the fact that it's occurring within Providence is scandalous. And it's confusing to patients and their loved ones’…
 “Zalot recommended that all Catholic healthcare workers familiarize themselves with the conscience protections in place at the hospital or clinic where they work, and if necessary seek legal representation.
 “Zalot said the NCBC is aware of at least one physician within the Providence Health System signing off on assisted suicides.
"In another recent example, Zalot said he received a call from a healthcare worker at a different Catholic healthcare system who was observing gender-reassignment surgery taking place in their hospitals.
 “If workers or patients observe Catholic hospitals doing things contrary to the ERDs, they should contact their diocese, Zalot advised. The NCBC can, at the invitation of a local bishop, perform an ‘audit’ of a hospital's Catholicity and present the bishop with recommendations, he said….
[Kreft's] "trying to be an advocate for others who may be in a situation similar to hers, and hopes to encourage Catholic hospitals to choose to reform, and provide ‘the life-affirming healthcare that they were founded to provide.’”

  • Democrat Casey and Republican Toomey failed to sign the 9/1/2020 letter  from U.S. Senators asking for a ban on the abortion pill.

  • Democrat Casey, Republican Fitzpatrick, and Republican Tooney failed to sign the 8/12/2020 letter asking for an end to tax breaks for abortion.
  • Two Lower Bucks Catholic h.s. alumni vie for the same seat in Congress.... (7/7/2020)
As per Pharmacists for Life International....

    Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action; 
    HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 

      Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control
      (Human Life International, 4/21/20)



      (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

      • Please contact your state senator to ask them to support the voting of HB 1827 out of committee and full chamber (Pa Catholic Conference, 9/14/2020) 
      • Reject Wolf's budget item to increase funding to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council) 
      • Support a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Family Council). 
      • Oppose SB 614, SB 224, and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).  
      • Please Urge Governor Wolf to Not Divert Federal CARES Act Money From Catholic and Nonpublic Schools (Pa Catholic Conference) 
      • Pennsylvania Cannot Afford New Gambling Expansion (Pa Family Council)
      • In rightly asking us to advocate for school transportation for all students (https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/FMMTkN3gUSYvGi4yr6Wafg), the Pa Catholic Conference states "School districts are required to provide transportation to both public and nonpublic students, even during the pandemic."  LONG before the pandemic, that has NOT been happening with the Morrisville school district.  Though stuck with paying for the Morrisville School District, Morrisville families are forced to paying for high school transportation to nonpublic schools.  Please remind state representatives (RepWarren@pahouse.com, Jgalloway@pahouse.net), the state senator (senatorsantarsiero@pasen.com), and the U.S. representative (BriFitz8@gmail.com) of their duties to their Morrisville constituents.  They should be urging other districts to accept a merger with Morrisville (which is woefully shy of students) and/or advocating a voucher system that would truly benefit ALL families.  
      "308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)



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