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Humanist_Activist

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96. The worst you can say about it is that its hyperbole, but it isn't silly..

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 06:18 PM

Jun 2016

and considering how many women ended up getting sepsis and other dangerous conditions due to medical neglect by catholic hospitals, its fair to wonder how many may have died.

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If A Woman Has Problem Pregnancy Catholic Hospitals Will Just Let Her Die. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jun 2016 OP

Hmmm.....any data on this? Socal31 Jun 2016 #1

1 in 6 hospitals is catholic, resulting in lowered reproductive care for women. niyad Jun 2016 #3

None of those back up the assertion that doctors are letting women die. Socal31 Jun 2016 #4

you keep telling yourself that. oh, and read the articles. niyad Jun 2016 #5

Not how it works, sorry. Socal31 Jun 2016 #7

Try this. MH1 Jun 2016 #10

"The church won't allow doctors to terminate ectopic pregnancies until a woman is in mortal danger" MH1 Jun 2016 #12

Again, I'm not seeing any reports of women dying, they should be easy to link. Socal31 Jun 2016 #17

Please see my comment #18 MH1 Jun 2016 #20

I believe it happened in Ireland. Ilsa Jun 2016 #32

You've been disproved. I can't wait to see your amends. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #44

What happens in Catholic and other hospitals Hortensis Jun 2016 #109

I've read them. Where do they say they let women die? n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #8

Please see my responses to the prior comment. nt MH1 Jun 2016 #13

please see my post just ahead of yours. nt Ilsa Jun 2016 #33

Here's some links: Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #9

Here. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #46

This makes me absolutely furious! smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #2

Omg, I'm so sorry smirkymonkey. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #45

Thank you Blanche. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #78

Please show one U.S. case where this has happened. pnwmom Jun 2016 #6

From my research, they wait until they nearly die, then save them... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #14

... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #116

It doesn't ileus Jun 2016 #58

Your first paragraph is pure bullshit. rug Jun 2016 #11

Actually, examining some of the cases, they actually do... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #16

You are equating an abortion with the only treatment available. rug Jun 2016 #22

Not as long as there's a fetal heartbeat, according to the links I've posted MH1 Jun 2016 #26

I want to see United States proof. Not some foreign country yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #34

"...foreign country" greiner3 Jun 2016 #38

And that is why nobody is taking your OP seriously. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #42

The only people not taking this seriously are Church apologists who value their religion... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #59

Nonsense. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #61

Nice rebuttal Mr. "They can always go to another hospital" n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #66

Here cleanhippie Jun 2016 #48

According to the documents provided by the USCCB in addition to actual case studies, Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #28

Read the link, the official ethic, I posted above. rug Jun 2016 #29

I think we all know Official Ethics rarely translate to Actual Practices. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #47

"proportionately serious" that's a problem, basically they won't terminate until the women's... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #71

religious hospitals should lose their mercuryblues Jun 2016 #87

another one mercuryblues Jun 2016 #90

Hmm. MH1 Jun 2016 #18

You clearly haven't kept up. rug Jun 2016 #21

Where does that say she wasn't excommunicated for authorizing a life saving procedure? MH1 Jun 2016 #23

It was lifted. rug Jun 2016 #27

I'm sure the women who were forced to suffer or die BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #88

Who died in that hospital? rug Jun 2016 #89

We are talking about massive amounts of human suffering. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #91

Outrage? rug Jun 2016 #108

I guess you're the kind of person who focuses on one narrow point... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #110

No, I'm the kind of person who sifts bullshit from fact before popping off. rug Jun 2016 #111

So far your claim isn't holding up, no one on the thread can prove what you are claiming. braddy Jun 2016 #15

Well, that just isn't true, several links to several cases and a meta-analysis published in a... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #19

We have to assume it is a false claim, a fake claim of something that just isn't true, it didn't braddy Jun 2016 #31

Read the thread...there are women telling their experiences. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #49

Their experiences do not support the fake claim of the the thread, so your post doesn't make sense. braddy Jun 2016 #52

Bullshit BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #54

Evidently not, this is a ridiculous thread, the OP proved to be nonsense. braddy Jun 2016 #55

It hasn't been proved to be nonsense, where is your evidence for that? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #57

Where is your proof that this BS nonsense is factual? Here is your claim you are trying to make. braddy Jun 2016 #63

So your problem is with the thread title? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #65

A claim was made as a thread topic, and it was fake, the thread is nonsense. braddy Jun 2016 #67

There is evidence of medical neglect due to religious interference. Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #69

When you can prove the claim of the thread title then post it. braddy Jun 2016 #70

Honestly, I can't prove it, at least not in the United States, may be due to lack of reporting on... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #72

I know you can't prove it, it is a silly claim and a silly thread. You constantly posting to me is braddy Jun 2016 #74

So being concerned about women's reproductive health care is silly? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #92

Don't start lying about me, when you can prove the silly fake claim of the OP is true, then post it braddy Jun 2016 #95

The worst you can say about it is that its hyperbole, but it isn't silly.. Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #96

Evidently this childish repetitive posting is something you live for, how about quit pestering me braddy Jun 2016 #98

Who is be repetitious here? Instead of responding to the content of my posts, many of which are.. Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #99

LOL, evidently this is what you do for kicks, good luck with your fake claim of the OP. braddy Jun 2016 #100

I was stuck with a doctor with privileges at a catholic hospital Let me bleed for two days while Person 2713 Jun 2016 #24

:( Duppers Jun 2016 #39

... BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #50

I am so sorry for your experience. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #79

I almost bleed to death at a Catholic hospital in Greensboro, NC yrs ago womanofthehills Jun 2016 #85

I had a D&C at a Catholic hospital in 1962---a friend of mine did also. virgogal Jun 2016 #86

Were you pregnant? Were you miscarrying but the ovum or fetus had not yet expelled? Person 2713 Jun 2016 #106

Yes,I miscarried but don't remember the details---sorry. virgogal Jun 2016 #117

My niece had a similar issue. Texasgal Jun 2016 #112

Must have just popped into your head just to start a thread? demosincebirth Jun 2016 #25

Well then let's just it decertify sarisataka Jun 2016 #30

Good question. There is no way communities could afford them yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #35

They will. My mother nearly died in a Catholic hospital Aerows Jun 2016 #36

Yeah, they like to send those orphaned boy babies to the Vatican for "special care." valerief Jun 2016 #37

Seriously now that I think about it wasn't the church in the orphan business at one time too? Person 2713 Jun 2016 #41

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #43

Have you ever watched the film "The Cardinale"? Omaha Steve Jun 2016 #40

you got a link?. Who has died in a USA hospital because treatment was withheld/refused? Sunlei Jun 2016 #51

Gee, why so much support for Catholic hospitals, which clearly deny needed care? alarimer Jun 2016 #53

Regardless of your personal feelings, the majority of communities could not yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #60

Then that makes it more important to make sure these hospitals comply with.... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #68

It happens a lot then I assume. ileus Jun 2016 #56

There's a post on this very thread of a DUer who was allowed to bleed for 2 days because of this... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #62

and the gop yanmners about death panels dembotoz Jun 2016 #64

I guess the lovefest for the Catholic Church is over with now BainsBane Jun 2016 #73

Real simple don't go to a Catholic Hospital. dilby Jun 2016 #75

That's just great if you live in a large city. Ilsa Jun 2016 #81

They've been buying up a lot of rural hospitals the last few years. Lars39 Jun 2016 #82

This is why I am a proud SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #76

Actually, that is not true. The largest Catholic hospital chain even covers birth control tonyt53 Jun 2016 #77

Only one chain, or does that apply to all of them? nt Ilsa Jun 2016 #83

Is that for the employees? Its for the employees, isn't it? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #94

The OP is about treatment of problem pregnancies. Birth control is used to prevent pregnancy Person 2713 Jun 2016 #107

Isn't it bad enough that they refuse pregnancy prophylaxis to rape victims? Ilsa Jun 2016 #80

My... deathrind Jun 2016 #84

I am a retired nurse Runningdawg Jun 2016 #93

So the people who are coming forward with their stories are making them up? n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #97

I do not have enough information to make that call Runningdawg Jun 2016 #104

I think the issue is mostly about the five women who experience what they did in a relatively short. Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #105

Another day on DU - more 840high Jun 2016 #101

Oh please, that's bullshit, when policies are put in place that put real people in harm... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #102

I don't see much Isis, Taliban criticism here. Nor 840high Jun 2016 #113

Get out of here about your irrelevant bullshit... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #115

Yep libodem Jun 2016 #103

This again? ucrdem Jun 2016 #114