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NOW President: Bishops Want 'Police Power of State to Prevent Women from Taking Birth Control'
Cybercast News Service ^ | 3/1/12 | Penny Starr

Posted on 03/01/2012 4:03:23 PM PST by Nachum

Roman Catholic bishops and other religious leaders have failed to keep women from using birth control and now want the "police power of the state" to stop women from doing so, National Organization for Women President Terry O’Neill said Thursday at a gathering of feminist activists. “The bishops have not been able to convince Catholic women to not take birth control,” O’Neill said. “We know this because 98 percent of sexually active [Catholic] women take birth control at some point in their lives--just like 98 percent of sexually active non-Catholic

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To: Nachum

What???? How are the bishops asking for the police powers of the state to prevent women from taking birth control??

these people want the police powers of the state to force me to PAY for anyone who wants free birth control, sterilizations, abortion inducing drugs, blah, blah, blah.

These women can take all the BC pills they like, just don’t force others to pay for it.


21 posted on 03/01/2012 5:50:52 PM PST by Girlene (RIP, Andrew, You're no longer under fire)
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To: Nachum


Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization of Women
22 posted on 03/01/2012 5:55:05 PM PST by Girlene (RIP, Andrew, You're no longer under fire)
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23 posted on 03/01/2012 6:40:21 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: VeniVidiVici

lol - you are so bad....


24 posted on 03/01/2012 7:23:31 PM PST by Girlene (RIP, Andrew, You're no longer under fire)
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To: Nachum

Ignorant turd.
You can OD on BC pills for all anyone cares. We just don’t want to pay for them. You want them you pay. It is just that simple............


25 posted on 03/02/2012 3:08:51 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New the media American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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